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I can't believe it's nearly a year since I last poked my head in the Sprocket Hole.

Let me rephrase that.  I'm amazed I haven't written any blog entries for the Sprocket Hole since last September.  I'd like to say "Doesn't Time Fly When You're Enjoying Yourself", but that's not really the case.  I'm not having a bad time per se - I'm concentrating on my duties as a Carer.  What does worry me is the indecent speed with which Time seems to be propelling me towards the end of the year once more.  It only seems like last Friday it was Christmas, but when I actually think about it, I realise I've passed a lot of water under the bridge since the turn of 2011.

The past couple of years, I've been trying to get on with my own personal writing instead of reviewing DVDs and Blu-rays and babbling about all and sundry here in the Sprocket Hole, and frankly it hasn't worked.  I've turned my personal writing inside out and not really progressed more than a handful of words.  On the other hand, I've written mountains of planning and research materials.  If I could publish them it'd be another thing...

So what's this leading up to?

I think the reason I can't get the personal writing done is primarily self-pressure - the desire to do something without the inspiration.   There was a time I used my writing to escape the real world - it was somewhere I could go to unwind from the pressures of school initially and later work.  Back then I could thump out 5000 words in an evening on the old Tripewriter.  Now I'm lucky if I string together a sentence.

But as you can plainly see from the above, I can waffle like an iron when I'm blogging, and reviewing DVDs has always been a pleasure rather than a chore.  Maybe it's time to rest the personal writing and sharpen both pencil and wit on Hollywood's output once more.

Now, where's that Yogi Bear Blu-ray??

Posted by Mark Oates