So who am I?

A darned good question. There are a number of possible answers:

Zander Nyrond

Jonathan Waite

Andrew Lyng

a swivelling serpent

a science fiction fan

a filker

a writer

the Countess's husband

someone who believes things

none of the above

What's new:

If this thing is working, there have been visits to this site.

Nothing serious. Just a page of album covers...

An earnest of updates to come...

It's been eighteen months since I last updated this website, and it's showing. For a long time there I thought I couldn't: WS FTP spat the dummy every time I tried to connect. But it just worked tonight, so I'm planning a major revamp. Real Soon Now.

What's been happening? Well, I've been off work for nine months, and I'm supposed to be going back on Monday. I think a lot of it was knock-on effects from my second car crash in a year, in which I totalled Dad's truly wonderful Ford Sierra and caused us even more financial problems. The only way we've survived this year is through the generosity of friends and family (no change there, then) and that hasn't helped my overall sense of self-worth and so on. But I am on the mend, or so I tell myself, and this next week will be the proof. I hope.

I have a LiveJournal now, as does the Countess, though she hasn't added to hers yet. She is on the Net now, and has discovered the manifold delights of Harry Potter slash, which has helped I think. It looks as if most of my Web wibbling will be on the LJ from now on, which means that this site will be reserved for more permanent writings, and hopefully some more Hazard Warnings and such if the spirit moves me.

Soren and I have a new Nyrond tale about two-thirds done I think. I'm waiting word on the Eight-Man Austin, which I sent to a publisher in February. The Countess is still adding to the Chronicles of Mershane, in between putting trainee wizards and their teachers through ever more outlandish contortions. Musically, I'm still in the band formerly known as Just Plain Folk, now Cosmic Trifle, and we're just back from our triumphant one-date tour of northwestern Germany, aka FilkContinental. It went wonderfully well. I wish the practical part of my life could go as well, without adversely affecting the music and writing...

So that's where we are, about. More soon.

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