sigh of relief

Yes, I'm breathing a sigh of relief that all my darling children are back at school. It was a rollarcoaster holiday break so I'm hoping the start of a ridged routine will help.

As for me, I'm back into my writing and walking my dog Otley. Also I've decided to attempt Pilates. LOL. Dave says he wants to be a fly on the wall. Cheeky buggar, I say.

Recently I entered my Picture book into a competition that will be critiqued by a picture book publisher. (Her name escapes me, at the moment). This I am excited about. My friend who is a graphic designer wants to illustrate it. She hasn't read it yet... it may not suit her style.

I'm still working on 'Florence Delaney. Who's she?' I've found a great online crit group who are helping me with this. My biggest flaw was not the pacing or the sentence structure as such, but more the fact I didn't create enough empathy for the main character at the beginnning. I sort of knew that from what others had said at my GippsTAFE course. I was hoping it wasn't major but it was. So it's back to the drawing board again. *sigh*.

The weather has cooled today. Its been raining. Which is refreshing...mmmm the smell of summer rain.

Well must head back and clean Ashlee's room. We have a missing lego star wars green head somewhere. I don't know the name just what it looks like. Anyway if I don't find this part (that is the size of my finger nail,) there will be a major catastrophe in our household. Wish me luck...I'm gunna need it.
best regards
Carmel