Tired...

Yet again, I make the observation that I have not posted here for a long time. I do have a a good reason - I have spent the last two and half months working on my thesis. It has been both a mental and physical endurance test, not least because of the spell of hot weather which made it hard to focus while shut in an unconditioned room in my house. I have spent over two years researching it (including analysing forty one novels) and wanted to write the first draft (30,000 words ) in one hit in order that I could keep the complex web of ideas in my head and make connections. It has also been healthy to have a break from the novel for a while. I have sent it to my tutor and am allowing myself a week's holiday. Then it's back to working on the novel with a view to handing in my PhD thesis and novel in December.