Inconsequential

I've put a link to Jim Crace's advice for would be writers in the sidebar. The most important things I took from it are:
1.) Don't state the obvious. We don't need to know that magpies are black and white. 2.) If you want to be a writer the odds are stacked against you. If you imagine that only 10% of the people who think they've got a book in them start writing one, then only 10% of those carry on to the end, a tiny percentage of those get published and then only 10% of those are happy with their book's success. 3.) In our print sodden society words are inconsequential. If you have something to say about politics or the environment you'd have more luck saying it directly in a leaflet.

I'm not in a very good mood this morning. My work is simple enough but I feel so tired. The loneliness of this lifestyle doesn't help. I am alone for nearly half the week. There are no close friends I can go out with and some of the friends on the other end of the telephone are becoming more distant. I haunt the internet looking for friendships that are all in my imagination. This will only last for as long as my work does but it's hard to work when you don't feel at your best. I've been a hamster on a wheel for so long now. I know this isn't the end of the world and that I should stop feeling so sorry for myself.