So as I write this, I have hit the first goal of the writathon. Hit 25k by the 16th of January. I be honest with you, I did not think I would make this.

If you look, you will see I have started a book once before. It was a bit of a slog and I ended up giving up on it. Maybe I come back the idea and restart but who knows. But this time around I decided I was going to make a true honest go of it, and not get discouraged by myself. (own worse enemy :) )

I'm partially deaf and have a couple of other bits wrong with me. I never let any of this set me back and im now a 40 year old man who has worked his life and am mostly ok with where and who I am. But when I was young I was clumsy as hell and just awkward. As a result, I was not popular or had many friends at the time. But I had books. I loved to read, Something that I still love to do now. I always said I would write something and here we are.

I have always had sources of inspiration that could inspire me to write out a scene that quite frankly would make me so happy to write. The first chapter being a case in point. (love the bits with the hippo.) I could make scenes like that and some short stories. But where I seemed to fall down was linking those scenes together and writing the bits inbetween. I let this discourage me for a long time and kept saying 'some day.'

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Well with this writathon, that some day has come. I will get to 55k words. I will get this to a stage where I could stop and although I could go on, everything would be wrapped up for that part. (Hate it when series end on a cliffhanger and then it all gets cancelled.) I hope I will continue. I hope I will improve. Even if the only people who end up reading this are the 12 people that have decided to follow this story, I will be happy. Because at the end of the day I am not out to prove anything to anyone. I am trying to prove to myself that I can do it.

I not really had any interaction about how anyone feels about this book, and that fine. If you just want to read and have me do my own thing that cool. That said, if you wanted more of something or have some questions, please do ask. It may take me a day or two to think on an answer and reply, but I will. But I do want to give a shoutout to ChocolateMintChipmunk for all their editing suggestions. I be honest, in trying to reach the target word counts, I have not really looked back for them, until you had made the suggestions. It has been most appreciated so far.