I am Excited

The post has just arrived and I have received my Writing Magazine which also comes with Writers News when you subscribe.

There are loads of competitions to enter and a lot of interesting articles I am going to spend the next couple of days reading through the whole thing.

It is amazing to feel like this each time a magazine drops through my door and it spurs me on to achieve more with my writing skills.

Hope everyone else is enjoying their writing.

Best wishes

Fee

Profile

I now have a profile on Poetry Street I had no idea it would happen this quick. I only submitted one poem yesterday and received an email to ask if I wanted to post a profile.

I thought about it and sent the details over while doing this a poem came into my head and I typed it out straight away. This was also accepted and it is now on display.

Best of luck to everyone.

If I can do it anyone can.

Success

Thanks to Mike for setting the Chairman's challenge Out of the Comfort Zone in which I chose to write poetry for the first time ever I have now submitted two poems today to Poetry Street and they have both been accepted and will be published there tomorrow.

So I am certainly pleased with how my writing is going.

Attingham Park

What a lovely weekend we had at Attingham the last couple of days. Despite the drizzle we all had a good time meeting new people and socialising.

This was taken down by the weir

We even spied something in the grass

If you don't attempt

If you don't have a go and follow your dreams you will never know if you are going to succeed in following your dreams.

I have just been watching Britains Got Talent and my husband said why do they bother if they are no good. I patiently explained that those that think they are good will go for it and those that are unsure may not if those that are unsure don't have a go no one will know they have talent. It is the same with writing you have to submit things to find out how good you are.

It is a scary world and we all have to attempt things we have never done before. Today at Attingham was scary for some people but on the whole it was a good day.

I can remember being really scared when I first went on live TV. I have only done this once and nearly ran out of the studio three times but was prevented from doing so by a researcher who said I deserved to be there.

I will never forget seeing Noel choking back the tears just like I was. It was extremely emotional and an experience I will never forget.

The reason it was so emotional was the way they had edited the film. At home when they finished filming we had finished on a high note. For impact they had cut and pasted things to get the effect they wanted to make a huge impact on the audience.

This worked as you can see from this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1etPXvHnhGU

I do media work to help others not for any gain for myself. It is to highlight the plight of others far worse off than me who are too weak to speak out for themselves.

It is this that makes such a difference and I know it works as cancer patients are now entitled to free prescriptions thanks to this campaign http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7561369.stm

This is why I am so positive and this keeps me going despite the fact I can suffer with depression. When I get depression it affects my writing just like when someone has a cold or other illness it shows in their typing during a typing test. Strange how illness affects the outcome of things and people can read that things are not quite right.

I love my life and my writing and I hope to keep on with it and have some successes.

Good luck to everyone.

Fee

A Brilliant Day

Dear Wrekin Writers,

Thank you for a lovely day out in the sun. Despite the cold I have got sunburnt on my face somehow. Must have been the wind.

Its been great exploring Attingham Park and I really enjoyed the day.

It was great to be able to socialise and have time to talk to other members of the group as on meeting days it is not always possible to talk to other writers.

Thank you.

I am looking forward to tomorrow.

Words

I am learning new skills everyday with writing and technology.

I am currently listening to Boyzone and heard the song "words" which made me post tonight. Words mean so much when written with feeling but how many times did you hear the phrase when you were younger "words can't hurt you". Some words can hurt especially when you are being bullied and called names.

It is using the words in the right way that progress is made and others appreciate the true meaning behind something.

An example of this the other night I ended up watching a programme about the Lion the witch and the wardrobe and someone in a university reckoned that each of these books was written about each of the planets.

I wonder how many other books have hidden meaning and if I will discover anything in my journey of writing.