Last year, on something of a whim on the last day of September, I declared my intention of inventing drabbletober. By November 1st, I had slightly mixed feelings about whether it had been a worthwhile exercise or not. However, we are now back round to October, and I’m going to do it again.

So, you cry: what is #drabbletober? It’s a writing challenge, in which I attempt to write a drabble - a one-hundred word story - every day. And because I am broadly dreadful about sticking to things if no-one is checking up on me, I’ll post all the stories here.

My rules are:

• one story of exactly one hundred words (not including the title)

• written on the day

• posted on my blog before the day ends - which is when I go to bed, not at midnight

In particular, the goal is to do some writing every day, so no writing spare drabbles at the weekend to get ahead in busy weeks. Obviously, if you choose to join in (and please do! #drabbletober for all your tagging needs!) then your rules are totally up to you.

If you follow this blog, then you might have noticed that there has been… a lack of action of late. Some might almost argue that it was January when I last posted. The past year has been somewhat full of brainweasels, and I have spent a lot of time feeling unable to settle down and get any writing done. I’m going to try and ease myself back in with a bite-sized quantity of writing every day.

In particular, I’m keen to remind myself that writing is fun, and that I actually enjoy doing it. And - even if it doesn’t necessarily help unstick any of my major projects - I definitely remember that writing drabbles was fun.

So, since today is October 1st… on with the drabble number 1!