Well, I wouldn't say I'm back, but thought I should update my journal.

I am gradually going to be taking down some of my work, as I edit and re-edit, and submit it. As I submit my work to magazines/publishers, it's not right to have it online as well. It is going to be a very slow process, but there are a few competitions and things I'd like to use some of the bare bones here, for.

But what am I doing with myself?

At the moment, struggling through University. In my first year after my operations and am finding it extremely hard to cope. The lectures are tough to get to, my legs prevent me from leading a busy social life.

It's not all bad, though.

Anyone who knows my journal entries knows I am a big supporter of the Liberal Democrats. For now, I've got an internship in our Cardiff office, basically doing some basic work to learn how campaigns function. It's very interesting! I'm also back in the job I was in 2005/6, doing phone-canvassing. It's tough, but I am not moaning overmuch. I have a job, which is more than some people can say nowadays.

Maybe if I get a second wind I might start posting more here again. But then, deviantART was never much of a community for just writers. And whilst there are lots and lots of you I will always remember with fondness, I just no longer have the time to devote to this community.

It's not a leaving. Just a hello, and an update, and a warning about some of my work disappearing from here soon. Not that any of you will be that bothered, but you know what I mean!

Lots of love,
~Ol

Removed Pieces

How Alan Treats Everyone - to be rewritten, extended and submitted to an LGBT magazine competition in September.