More opportunities...

Hi there.

Recently, I have been looking into all of the opportunities that are available to writers as I had a break from tutoring at university. I looked in the QWC (Qld Writers Centre) magazine and looked up journals and competitions. I have entered a few of these. I met with a writer friend and got inspired by her encouragement. I felt alive again after spending a day in my imagination and creating a book of poems on lulu.com. I need to create. I need to be imagining and pursuing my characters and their stories. For a while now I have been surviving, which is ok, as well. I am a single Mum who needs to address the issues of living, like all of us, I guess. My brother died a year ago, my best friend died a few months before this. These events have made me numb, I must say, to some things in life. I think it is a good thing though. It crystalises what is important in life and makes you see that some of the things we obsess over are really unimportant. It makes you realise how we only have a limited time to do the things we were made to do. I wish to pursue these things and not get caught up in negative things, in life sucking activities, : ) or in worrying about things that are unnecessary.

My post is about getting motivated and putting your writing out there. One of my friends Ben is a talented poet but he doesn't seem to send his poems out into the world. We need to keep doing this. I submitted a poem last year to a competition and received a Highly Commended for it. This was really nice to receive. So you never know what is going to happen. However, even if you don't get anywhere, (even amazing authors got rejected many, many times) keep going it is worth it. And in the process you are getting better at writing as well. Develop a thick skin and keep going. I am going to try and let go of the stories I submit and not worry about them. Just keep creating and then if you receive anything back you will be excited but keep going, keep going, keep going. : ) Have a wonderful day. Enjoy writing and creating, it is a wonderful gift to us!