Back at work after a brief but premier-division cold! Life is good. Chill Autumn winds chase away the stuffy summer air. Fluffy white clouds race enthusiastically across the deep blue sky, like delinquent teenagers allowed out for the day.

Free coffee this morning thanks to devious loyalty card from Nero's.

Before I set my own company up six years ago, I wrote a book. Back then I sent it to the two or three publishers who would have it, but it was rejected. It's not really surprising. I have re-read it since then and it's pretty poor. The plot needs to be re-worked and much of the prose is amateurish and the dialogue is clunky.

Never mind. The framework is good and it's quite extensively researched. It just needs a complete overhaul, that all! Now that I've ditched my own company and my life as an employee is a little more straightforward, I should be able to find the bandwidth for this. I have the evenings and the commute to use.

What a buzz it would be to see my name on the spine of a book! Worth another estimated 800 hours of effort?