In the beginning...

Hello to anyone who's stumbled on this while locked in the eternal search to find something useful on the internet. To be honest I doubt you'll find it here, but good luck all the same.
This is my first 'Blog', and I'm not quite sure what to do with it.

I am, as the title of the Blog indicates, a would be writer. Writing is what I think of during the long, dull hours when I'm sitting at work, staring at the screen, not doing anything. It's what I think of when I'm lying in bed at night staring at the ceiling. It's a compulsion, a need, that I can't shake off.
So instead of spending my time having fun, going out, getting drunk, and doing all the other things that people do to fill in the hours between one working day and the next, I write. I sit at home in front of my slightly decrepit laptop, some music playing in the background, and I write. On the upside, it is cheaper than a night on the lash!

And occasionally, very occasionally, I try to get something I've written published. My success rate leaves a lot to be desired.

I write Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels and short stories. I am also a computer programmer.
Just because something's a stereotype doesn't necessarily mean it isn't true!

So anyway, I've started this Blog, where I will pour out my frustrations, ideas, general grumblings about the world, and anything else that pops into my fevered brain.
It will provide an honest account of my attempts to become a published author. As such, it may well make for quite depressing reading - I hope it doesn't.
If anyone else out there shares my aspirations (some might say delusions), and by some freak chance you happen to read this, then feel free to add your thoughts or advice in the comments thingy (you can tell I'm a writer, sorry, would be writer, with English skills like that).