The Kowloon Diaries

See What Happens

I sit down to change my profile picture and I end up redesigning the whole blog - new banner, new colour scheme, new layout. The only thing I haven't done is upload a new profile picture. I've decided not to have one. I want to make the blog a bit more anonymous now.

This is why I have to limit my blog time. It's not that I don't like it, quite the opposite, I find it completely addictive. Once I start I get stuck here for hours and I end up not doing any real work.

Looks cool though, doesn't it. The windows are from the Man Wah Building in Man Wui Street in Yau Ma Tei, a notorious old estate, used as a setting in a few HK movies.

Coming up for air

Phew, I've finished my novel. Now I'm taking a break before I go back and rewrite it, again. That's not to say that it isn't finished. It's complete with plot, subplots, characters, arcs, beginning, middle and end. It's even written in proper sentences and has been spell checked.

I like it. I'm pleased with the story, theme and voice, but I don't love it, not yet. It's nice, but it's not special and I want it to be special. I've been up to my neck in it for months and now I think the best thing to do is forget about it for a couple of weeks, so that later I can see it with fresh eyes.

So here I am back on my blog, which has been kindly waiting here, not complaining at all.

First thing I'm going to do: change that profile picture.