Hmmmmmmm...where has my writing gone?

Hmmm...I don't seem to have done anything this week with regards to my writing - shocking! I have, however, been a good girl and started on my anthropology essay for uni, so I'm sure I can be excused!

I think the trouble is, is that I'm trying to do too many things at once. It's as if I'm trying to sprint a marathon without having learnt how to walk. I have so many ideas that sometimes I feel a bit over-awed by all the things I want to write, and I just don't know where to start.Therefore I think I need to take a step back and breathe!

I think I'll approach my writing systematically, which does go against creative flourishes, I know; but if I jot down the ideas as they come to me, then I can go back to them at a later date. I think it's essential that I work my my way through the Writers Bureau course. I'm still awaiting my first feedback from my tutor, as I need to see where to go with my writing and what - if anything - needs changing.

Still trying to banish my self doubts that seem to creep up every now and again. Little voices questioning me 'what are you doing this for...you'll never make it as a writer'. Well I'll never know unless I put myself out there, so thats what I'm doing.

Completely unrelated but I thought I'd share it with you anyhow. I went jogging a couple of days a go. Jogging?! Who am I trying to kid - it was actually walking fast, with quick, 10 seconds bursts of jogs, which left me absolutely knackered. I found it so frustrating, as I used to run quite a lot before I had the kids (approx 10 years ago...I had the kids when I was 11...only joking!), so I'm still thinking I can run like I used to, and still experience the runners high that I used to love. Alas the runner's high didn't happen last week but I'm determined to find it again. I'm sure it's out there somewhere, probably hiding with all those odd socks that seem to go missing every week! So, if anyone sees my runner's high chatting up some odd socks...give me a shout!

Melanie x

My writing begins!

Ok so I'm here again!
I've got over the woman flu -which was hell - and now desperatetly need to write something. It's funny, but once you start getting into the habit of writing, it's really frustrating being in a position where you are not able to write. Combination of being unwell and having the kids off school has been very hard. It's made me realise that I need solitude to write and no distractions of any kind.

Anyway I'm awaiting the feedback from my first assignment from the Writers Bureau. It was just a short descriptive assignment. My next one will be the non-fiction assignment - an article for a magazine. I'm currently working my way through the workbook, but I must begin to research all the different types of mags out there.

My Artists' and Writers' Yearbook came today. I've had a quick look at it and it's jammed full of information regarding all aspects of writing. I've read the comments from the published authors and it's made me realise how important it is to stop procrastinating and just to get on with the writing. I'm feeling really enthusiastic about my writing again, I just need to get on with it now. I still feel the occasional self doubt creep in though, as to whether I can produce anything that is publishable, but what the hell...I've got to give it a go! Surely all writers when they start out think-can I do this?

I have a few ideas for some short stories, some funny and some sad, so I need to get them down now. It's no good just having them buzzing around in my brain.

My plan for tomorrow is to get one of them down, and then to revise a short story I created last week. I think I will send it off to a writing competition, its a very short story; only 750 words so the word limit is very tight.

Thats all for now x

No such luck!

Drat and blast! It was the kids asking if they could have some more chocolate!!

No such luck!

It must be bad...it's woman flu!!

Well I'm here again only this time I'm in bed with the terrible lurgy that is...woman flu! A much more potent form of flu than man flu or even bird flu!

So I've had my slaves downstairs (David and the kids) bring me copious amounts of tea and chocolate and I think I might just make it through!!

Feeling really frustrated because I can't write or study as my brain seems to be lost in space I think.

I can hear footsteps coming up the stairs so I think I'll just play on it a bit more...you never know I might be able to get a foot massage...

First time...here goes!

Hello all. I'm here! Finally started out on this thing called a blog. Its funny but all day I've been thinking about setting this up but now I'm here I haven't a clue what to say.

Hey ho it is late so I'll return tomorrow and waffle on about something I'm sure.

Melanie xx