First off, happy new year everyone.

 

For a while now I've been having the idea of writing a book. Being a bit of a book-lover myself (I think I averaged reading about 1 book per week in 2008), I've always wondered what it would be like to write a book myself. Although I like a wide range of subjects, it would most likely be a mix of action, mystery and mindgames. On the other hand, having a crack at writing a humorous book (ala Discworld series, Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, and so on) would be cool too.

 

The only problem I have is preliminary writers block. I have a general idea of the story of a book, but I doubt it would ever be able to get in enough pages to call it a book. I think it would be more like one or two chapters. Perhaps I should just start by writing short stories?