I am starting to wonder if blogging is the perfect displacement activity for the aspiring novelist. If I'm anything to go by it certainly is. I mean, I joined the blogging community a fortnight ago and instead of publishing posts detailing my anguished attempts to propel my novel, "Martha's Vineyard" into superhighway limelight, I appear to have, on reflection, begun to use my blog as a bit of a "ranting" ground. I just had a look at what I posted on Sunday and I had a "pop" at Big Brother, Tony Blair, the BBC and Alistair Campbell for starters. None of these having anything remotely to do with my story of a young English Teacher's journey to Greece to discover the secrets of a mysterious aunt's vineyard.
My friend and fellow blogger Ms Catcalls did warn me that blogging can be contagious, addictive even and I fear she is right. I now spend as much time thinking about my blog than I do about my next writing project. The "difficult" second novel.
I suppose one's blog is the perfect place to have a "rant" mind you! In an attempt to encourage people to visit my site I've visited quite a few blogs randomly over the past few weeks and there are a lot of angry people out here aren't there? The Internet, it appears is a "ranters" paradise. Not surprising really, there's a lot to be angry about. There's Big Brother, Tony Blair, the BBC and Alistair Campbell to begin with but don't get me started on them.
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