happy new year!
new years eve was good fun. didn't get home till four in the morning then managed somehow to sleep for ten hours straight - there's something a little nqr about waking up at two pm. spent what was left of a quite perfect new years afternoon at williamstown beach. lovely.
at the nye party i met up with a few people who i hadn't seen in a while, and the last time a lot of them had seen me was on raw finals on telly. it's weird intro-ing yourself to someone new and have them say back 'yes, i know who you are'. i also answered a few questions about my writing and the progress of my novel. a couple of days earlier, i'd been writing a bio of sorts and for the first time wrote the words 'have completed a novel length work which is currently under consideration with publisher'. it was weird enough reading that back, let alone trying to say it aloud without feeling like a wanker.
but then again, there's no point trying to act as if i don't think about where it is and who it's with all the time anyway. i wonder if it's been read. i wonder if it's been read more than once, by more than one person. if it's been written on, or if its margins are still wide and white. has it even come out of the envelope yet? did it excite anyone?
i wish my manuscript could send me a postcard.