The Zomerzet Zs (not a band name, but maybe it should be)

I am now typing this update from the delightful home of Eruntane's family in the South Western corner of the country (Great Britain that is, not Northern Ireland). There has been good food (in quantities that are somewhat less than a Seraphim family stomach-full, but which are lovely nonetheless) pleasant company (always desirable) and a generally relaxed atmosphere conducisve to card playing, board games and hopefully, soon, sleep.
Oh and typing up blogs at a leisurely pace.
Sadly such a pace is not greatly useful for leading me to think blog-worthy thoughts, at least not considering I've been up since some un-god-of-sensible-hours-ly hour. I did however get a chance to post some more chain fiction (further epic disasters included) in which I was able to give my lead character, the troubled and anti-social Glyph, a brief moment of true revelation. For a mere instant he had what in another story would have been his epilogue. It was, as far as he could see, a perfect victory and, since his thoughts have somewhat been turned around in the last few days, he relishes it as a new start, only to discover events still have a rough and winding course still to follow.
It was qutie an enjoyable post from that extent. I tend to be a bit sadistic with my characters (masochism and sadism? It's the soft furnishings all over again...) i.e. the more I care for them the more horrible the things they must experience before the not-guaranteed-to-be-happy ending. So despite the fact that this post was overall infitting with my characterisation policy, it was a nice change to have at least half of it devoted to a genuinely positive character moment.
I think Glyph may well be the most rewarding chain fiction character I've written so far as a result, but we'll see where the flow takes us.
In other news, I (somewhat guiltily) read my flatmate's blog this evening and discovered that he seems to be going stir crazy up there in the 'deen. Such is my influence: I keep others sane.

Who am I kidding?

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