I'm alive. Just about recovered (cross your fingers) from what turned out to be the flu. Nobody likes you when you have the flu, and when you're a freelancer, nobody pays for sickdays.

On the bright side - I'm alive.

Books: I usually write on my laptop. My laptop is currently experiencing some technical difficulties which hopefully ebay will soon be helping me out with. The awkward construction of that sentence shows I've a) been ill and b) not been writing for a week.