I've neglected this blog pretty badly. It's not like I've forgotten it exists, I just haven't been able to come up with anything remotely decent to write on it, which is dumb, because quite a bit has happened the past few months. I am planning on starting writing properly for the first time in years, so I should have some interesting things to put up after a while. The story I'm wanting to work on is going to take a fair bit of research though, so it's going to be a while before anything is actually written. However, said research might lead to some interesting subject matter for blog posts, so we shall see. I'm going to specifically be looking into schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. It's handy having a nursing student for a fiancée who can give me lots of info. As the nature of the research suggests the story is going to be about a man with some pretty serious mental health issues. This honestly makes me a little bit nervous for a few reasons, mostly because I really don't want to misrepresent the effects of these issues on a person. I (at least I'm pretty sure) don't suffer from any of those issues, so I can only rely on research as opposed to personal experience.
On another note, despite my shaky confidence in how well I did this past semester at uni, I'm really looking forward to the upcoming one. I discovered I was a bit behind on electives, so it's going to be a pretty diverse half year. I'm taking Philosophy of Religion, International Conflict, Culture in Medieval Europe, and Postcolonial Literature. I can't quite remember off the top of my head what books I'll be reading for the last one, but I do remember that they looked really, really interesting. Best part of doing an English degree has been the books I've read that I never would have considered reading otherwise.
