Paint Your Target

When i first read we had to write a blog for Creative Industries I was not impressed. I thought no-one is going to care about the ramblings of an angry Welsh guy, and frankly (with searing and soon to be customary honesty) i didn't want to spend any of my time plodding through streams of other peoples thoughts, loves, ambitions, blah blah blah. But then i got to thinking. I can talk nonsense about myself and (if i was not too tired to misinterpret last Thursday) you guys have to read it. Which is great.
Having skimmed through the blogs already posted by other people in the class i have come to one over-riding conclusion; everything i have wanted to talk about has already been covered. Needless to say this has not put me off. So, in a similar vain to Boothman I would like to talk about Mitchell and The Jam Magazine. During the summer i read a number of excellent books, including David Mitchell's Black Swan Green, Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn and a number of Martin Amis novels (most notably Times Arrow- A great read). While all of these books were very good i am not going to chat balls like it will change your life because books very rarely do that. However, read The accidental by Ali Smith. That might just do it.
I have just finished writing a short story and sent it off to the jam. It is called 'I like Allie' and I will try to post a link up here.
Now, a quick biography for anyone who hasn't grown pissed off and given up yet. I am twenty and will be when i graduate from university. I have Siblings. I was born in Cwmdare, Wales. I am not from the north. i am not Irish. And I am not the drummer from The Subways. I have great faith in my writing, and like Matt, hope to have something published somewhere by the end of the year. Also like Matt i am having real trouble getting up off my arse and writing anything longer than this blog. Me and Matt are not the same person though we seem to have said the same things.
People generally seem to like me more when I'm being nice.