Sorry to all non-Commonwealth nations there for using a cricket metaphor … but I’m an Aussie and I grew up on cricket, so my blog can score a century if I want it to!

What I’m trying to say is that this is the 100th post on Becoming A Fiction Writer, which I started back in December 2006 when I boldly proclaimed “I’m gonna be a fiction writer!” Since then I’ve been rattling on about my procrastination and time management dilemmas and trying to learn some more about fiction writing in general. I had a big breakthrough when I decided, on the spur of the moment, to draft my novel in November 2007 as part of National Novel Writing Month, and since then, I’ve been able to get a bit of fiction writing done at fairly regular intervals.

But I definitely haven’t become a fiction writer yet, which is lucky, really, because otherwise I’d probably have to change the name of this blog. I’m not sure when the “becoming a fiction writer” goal is actually reached: is that when I have a novel published and on the shelves in shops near you? I guess that’s a good amount of the way there, although I have a feeling that becoming a writer is a lifelong process.

In any case, thanks for following through the century of posts. I adore getting comments from readers of this blog, especially utterings of sympathy, so keep them coming! It’s nice to know that there are other people out there going through similar fiction writing struggles as I am, or simply people who are interested in following what I’m up to. Thanks and keep reading and commenting!