So Halloween has arrived, and as usual, I have managed to avoid anything other than awful scary films. I don't mind Halloween as such....after all, it seems to get the average Daily Mail reader into a froth over celebrating evil, which is ironic considering their history. I do, however, dislike the concept of trick or treat, which seems to me to be begging with menace. Fortunately we were out for the evening at various Luvvie type ventures and as a result, I missed the stream of beggars with talcum powder on their face and a couple fo bits of yoghurt carton for teeth demanding confectionery. As we drove through the streets of the two towns and the village this evening, we did see hundreds of them everywhere, and several people I spoke to seemed to be resigned to the fact that they had to buy sweets for them. I say next year we fight back, and bring in the water cannons.....Oh you see what happens...? One mention of the Daily Mail and I turn. Today, I measured all of my new scenery, and then made scale models of it all so that I can play Stage design. This is extremely pleasing to me. I find the idea of models very exciting, as it means playing like I did for hours as a kid, but with a proper grown up reason to do so. At some point this week, I will produce a decent scale model of the set for "Screw Your Courage", which is I hope, going to prove really useful. You might well be able to tell that I am quite pleased with this acquisition. Tomorrow is the first of November, which means that I am supposed to be writing my first pages of my novel. I have no idea as yet, what this masterwork will be about. There are several half ideas floating around, and lots of advice that tells me to plan plan plan. I know about all of this from my various forays into writing before. However, this is the first time I have done it in this way, and I think I might go a little freeform and see where the wind takes me. I rather like the idea off this as it will encourage the imagination I hope. I shall report back tomorrow when it has all gone horribly wrong.
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