The Word Cloud

I had a travel/adventure book published about 12 years ago by what could be described as a "vanity publisher" or "pirate". Thing was, I was perfectly happy about the deal. The book got into Dillon's and WH Smith, and the first edition of 1500 copies sold out. So, despite what was and is said about Minerva Press (as was), I was quids in and perfectly comfortable with the end result. I have now been advised to re-write the book, lose a hundred pages and have it properly edited then look for a major publisher. Don't know if I can be bothered, I was happy with what i had written.
I did an Arvon course last February to get the creative juices flowing, but I met a special lady and neither of us have written a word since! Waste of money? Probably not, the course was great, and so is she.

I'm now trying to write a "spoof" satirical novel about an IRA renegade splinter group who manage to competely bollox the straightforward assasination of the son of an army general at his minor public school. The headmaster is on a cost-cutting mission and is engaged in replacing his staff with DROIDS when the incident occurs... I know, it's not one for everyone, but I used to work there and I enjoy taking the piss out of former colleagues.
Away from writing, I enjoy running, Rugby (watching now) cricket and riding horses extremely fast and extremely badly. Ditto for cars.