Man, I’m sweaty. It’s weird, I’m in an air-conditioned office and I’m not doing anything but writing and I’m still sweating my ass off. I’ve just been working non-stop from on this feature and it just takes it out of me - sometimes by the end of the day, I’m shattered and mentally exhausted.
Not that I’m complaining; I love writing and I love my job. It’s the job I always wanted, right down to the regular Riyad Vs. Joe arguements about System Shock 2 vs. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. (System Shock 2, dammit!)
The depressing thing though is that I probably work the least hours out of everyone on Bit-tech and sometimes Tim and Rich are here into the early morning. Idread to think how exhausted they must be at the end of the day. I guess it’s a good thing I can type fast.
Things are going to be hectic these next few weeks - Tim is over in Taiwan seeing his missus, Rich is off somewhere too and then I’m off on holiday with Hannah (and hopefully Dom and Katy too) for a week. I never really felt like I needed the break, but now I’m kind of looking forward to it - hopefully I can read some more and get some new energy in my writing. People still seem to like it, but I like to keep it fresh wherever I can.
A week with some Alfred Bester, On Writing by Stephen King, The Elements of Style by Strunk and White and some good gaming magazines should really help me out.
But I’ll probably just build a sandcastle instead.
Out, Joe
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