Now that I've found I can write here during the long hours behind the counter there may be no stopping me.

I had cause to look up www.inprint.co.uk/thebookguide this morning and thought I'd mention the site here as it's interesting for book lovers, gives details of all secondhand book stores across the UK ( the ones that have contacted it, and most do. Mine used to be there... Sigh...) it also has some snappy bookie quotes. Here's one I like:

"With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and a definite hardening of the paragraphs."
JAMES THURBER

Also: "Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."
GENE FOWLER