2021 is almost done and 2022 is ushering us into the warmth of its bosom. Or something. Let's look at the year gone by via the hot topics I was urging you to consider in my weekly Rambles. Ready? Goodo!
The first half of the year was spent editing. (That's f***ing editing, to be exact.) It was January when I started receiving beta reader-feedback, which threw up some interesting patterns. It seems there's some mistakes I make more than others. Click the link under Marge to see what they are, as well as joining the age-old debate about the correct slang for toilet time.
In February it was almost two years since I'd been introduced to the Hot Priest from Fleabag and yet he was still living rent-free in my head. It made me think about the other perfectly formed characters that are hard to shake off when the book, TV show, or film is over. Click the link to see who keeps me constant company, despite being the product of someone else's imagination.
March 8th was International Women's Day and then March 9th was when a serving police officer was arrested for the rape and murder of Sarah Everard. The never-ending debate surrounding women's safety was front and centre once again. Even when it drops out of the news cycle, it doesn't go away. I wrote this in an absolute fury.
After being solely responsible for my niece and neph for thirty hours in April, I felt compelled to address the myriad questions it raised. These were mainly to do with sleep, to be honest.
Even though, come May, I was still bogged down editing out my superfluous commas, the book cover for Assembling the Wingpeople was being... well, assembled. Here's the lowdown on how it came about. It turns out, I am not the person to try and design it, OR even share my ideas with someone that knows what they're doing.
In June, I emerged from the more stringent of COVID restrictions and celebrated the wedding of some lovely friends. But a weekend away meant my Monday morning blog was quickly thrown together. Fortuitously, it felt the right time to drop an extract of the new book. (This took mere minutes to do, instead of the usual hours of waffle I upload.)
July 2021 was when the 2020 Euros happened. I know, right? But with Southgate's England Men we saw some excellent teamwork along with promotion of all the right ideas. This flew in the face of some sections of the public who favoured racism and violence over eradicating prejudice and inequality. It takes all sorts, I guess.
Look, who knows what we'd do if we had billons of spare cash in our back pockets? Who can ever really know for sure until it happens. In August it felt like all the rich men of the world were nipping up to space for a bit. I didn't really get it.
The date in everyone's diaries this year was 22nd September 2021. Yes, that's when Nicky Bond and Writer's Ramblings turned five years old. Hurrah and huzzah! As a special treat for the world, I collated some good news events that had happened during the life of the blog. It was reassuring to see it's not been purely political division and pandemic hell.
October was about one thing and one thing only. Assembling the Wingpeople was published! It was marvellous and fantastic and pride-inducing and gratifying. Also, the format of the weekly blog posts changed. Just a tad. Once a month I would continue to write a rambling ramble about rambly stuff, whilst the other three weeks were more organised. You're welcome!
My first rambly Ramble was in November. Having struggled for years to categorise my writing in the correct genre, I finally did it! Uplit was what I wrote. Yeah, Uplit! Read all about it here.
We made it to the end of December and the end of 2021. Just one week ago when I wrote this post, we were still pre-festivities and hoping for negative LFTs all over the show. Plus, I was making big claims about posting real life pics on insta, or even avoiding social media altogether. Did I manage it? Only you can decide.
For now, let's look forward to what we can only hope - FTLOG let us hope! - will be a better 2022. Let's forget we were uttering the same sentiments this time last year and keep the faith. Happy New Year to you and yours! Let's make it a good one!
Have a lovely week folks.
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