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I include two of my own email addresses in the muse-letter list – my .blog address and test Gmail account – so that I can ensure that things are working properly. Yesterday's letter was received by the .blog address (always expected as it's on the same server) but not by the Gmail account and now I'm wondering if it was just a glitch in the Matrix or if my host has started blocking the mails to external addresses.

Checking the Email Delivery dashboard in CPanel all the mails appear to have been accepted for delivery so things should be okay but I'm still nervous. Having migrated to the new system I really don't want to have to move things again.

If you are subscribed I'd appreciate you letting me know if you did or didn't get the letter (number 23) yesterday. Maybe it's the number 23.

I've had to create a mailing list to get round the issue with the muse-letter, it introduces a manual process when someone subscribes/unsubscribed but at least it works.

Ideas – that's the stuff of creativity, ideas and their implementation. They've always been my nemesis but It's Only Words has taught me that (and there is a chapter on) big ideas are made of little ideas. Stories are a series of scenes, lives are a series of events, blogs are a series of ongoing posts; I've written about this in the past but now internalised it.

I've always struggled for ideas, especially ones that can lead to something meaningful but, following a couple of email threads this week, I've come up with an idea for my next project even before finishing the current one. Luckily, it won't get in the way of finishing "Words" and I don't have to reign myself in as I have to live it before I can write it.

The thing about blogging for so long is, when you start a new project, you discover you've already done some of the work without even realising it.