April fool!! were you caught out?

Its Saturday..last day of soccer season.

You have to ask yourself....is it really enjoyable running around a slushy green pasture, kicking a leather sphere object from one end to the other... into a thatched rope hooked up on bars.
Well my son absolutely lives for it.

Hello bloggers

Time goes by. Just a quick run down... I wrote my car off which was bad news. The good news was the insurance company gave us $55oo for it.... amazing! It was not worth that much.
So we went and bought a new car. The bad news was the car dealer sold the one we wanted right out from under our noses. The good news was Dave was so angry he made them get another one in for the same price plus extras.
The good news is I've been driving really well with a manual car considering I haven't driven one for 12 yrs. The bad news is... I just lied and have already dinted it backing into a tree. The good news is no one saw me make a dick of myself and no paint was scratched off. The bad news is that it will take $600 to fix.... bye bye Kevins hand out.
Well I hope you all have a great Easter.... as it will probably be after Easter before I write again.
cheers

work and work and more work

Hi Bloggers

I'm back into the workplace... and loving it!!! twelve years was long enough. My brain was fried. I had been trying desperately to occupy my brain in the past two years but I needed more. So now I'm back working in Pharmacy. So if you are down in Drouin, pop into the advantage pharmacy and say hello.

My writing is on the back burner for a while until I get my product knowledge up to date.

Anyway have a good Christmas and New Year as I may not get back on here for a while.

best regards
Carmel

July - ten minute writing execise

hello bloggers

Another month past. The weather is wet, I'm now officially forty one and with no tattoo. I was astonished at the price of engraving my skin with a smidge of ink. I thought maybe I could use the money for something else.... like buying books and DVDs. It wasn't as painful.... actually it was very up lifting.

I went for a stroll down memory lane and ppurchased online two of my favourite childhood books and two of my favourite childhood movies. I guess doing a module of writing " writing for children" had some influence on this decision. Anyway, I purchased a little glden book called "the wait for me kitten". When I opened those pages for the firstime in thirty five years a warm feeling came over me. It was just as I remembered it. And its construction as far as a book goes was well done. I had great taste as a child in books. The other book was "The red balloon'... my friends and I often talked of it.

Its June already

yes folks, its June already.

Winter is definitely upon us. I can tell because no one can get out of bed in the mornings....we have an old weather board house, it loves to freeze.

Even so the days have been pleasant.

I received feedback form my mentorship application and.... no I didn't get one. I wasn't expecting it but its always nice to hope. They did write a nice little note telling me to continue writing the story and they hope I re-apply again next time. Cynically I presume its to get my $20.

Not to be put off I have been entering competitions left, right and centre. I'm hoping to enter a picture book comp along with my friend Helen, who is a frustrated graphic designer wanting to do illustrations. We will see what will happen with that.

I've been entering poetry comps too because my picture book text is like a children's narrative poem. I think I have no hope with that either, but then again I could come across a judge looking for something quirky and childish. Let's hope.

I haven't any new fads however I was thinking of getting a tattoo. I always said when I hit 40 I would get a tattoo. Well in 2 weeks time I will be 41 and so I haven't much time left. Tomorrow i think I will go to the tattoo shop and get a few prices.

I think I will stop self defence as its costing me a fortune in chiropratic bills getting my back put back in. I have another week to decide, that's when my subscription finishes.

Take care for now, see you next time.

Another fad

hi bloggers,

Yes I have a new fad. I'm now doing self defence. Its great fun but totally exhausting. I'm hoping to get fit out of it.
I'm also in the process of writing another picture book. This one I really like. I think this story has a real life. I just have to tighten it up a little. And change a few words...like effervescent. (Its too big for the audience.) I'll let you know how it goes.
The story that I entered in a comp...totally bombed. When I look at it objectively...I can understand it bombing. I might rewrite it differently.
I applied for a mentorship which i doubt i will get, but I wanted to try anyway. it makes me feel like I'm going somewhere if I appear confident to approach others.

well thats me for now.
ciao