Hi there.

Well, hello. I made a half-hearted attempt at the old blogging malarky a few months back, but I figured I'd give it another shot. So here goes...

My name's Clare, and I'm from a dismal little corner of the globe called Dumbarton. Much like any small town, it's another "land that time forgot", where everyone knows everyone so privacy is never an option. It's also polluted with all the bigotries and stereotypes that are the unfortunate by-products of a town populated by cynics and fishwives. There are a few exceptions to this rule, a very select few, and they are my close friends and family. They are wonderful.

What else? I am on the verge of graduating from the University of Glasgow. (eep!) I will have an MA Literary Studies which is a fancy was of saying I wandered around the arts faculty for four years, trying different courses on for size with no real idea of what I wanted to do.

All I've ever really wanted to do is write, and NO, I'm not currently writing a Twilight fanfic or documenting my sexual exploits. To be honest, what really interests me is people. No gimmicks, no exaggerations, and no ridiculously good-looking vampire-witch-fairy-werewolf children. Just average folks, trying to understand each other, trying to understand themselves. Pretty much everything I write is based on a friend or family member, or even just an interesting looking person I happened to spy in Costa one morning. I obsess over anything I find fascinating. Where is she from? What did that smile mean? What is he doing today? These questions fill my head, and I'm usually working out possible answers until long after they've left the shop.

SO. My reason for writing this blog. Well, obviously, I plan on shamelessly plugging my work, but that's a given. But I mainly just want to hear your stories. I want to know what makes you more mad than anything in the world; I want to know what you dream about. And above all, I want to fascinate you. You sure fascinate me.

Never over, never out.

cb_x