It´s been pretty quiet on this blog for a while now. I´ve been writing and
studying but not blogging. A passion from the time my sons were young has
resurfaced - and I´m throwing my all at it.
My first grandchild - a
granddaughter is suddenly one and a half and the time is flying passed faster
than ever. A rather big, round birthday is on the horizon next year and I have
to move on with my desire before time flies even faster!
I´ve done and keep
going back to Julia Donaldson´s BBC Maestro course, which is very informative for a newbie like me with videos and course notes.
Now I´m doing a more
interactive 6 week course with Lou Treleaven. It is fun and there is actual writing to do and homework
to send in for feedback. The aim of the course is to have produced a manuscript
worthy of submitting to an agency or a publisher at the end of the six weeks or
as long as you need to complete it.
I´ll be back to let you know how it´s gone at the end of the course. Right now I am enjoying it, I do like the interaction (by email) and having to do tasks and don´t want it to finish!
Oh and I joined the Society for Children´s Book Writers and Illustrators aka
SCBWI!
I have also signed up for the Golden Egg Academy starting this month (April 2022.) Exciting times, learning and improving my writing.
So today I applied to Write-Mentor to be a Mentee on their four month summer Mentoring Programme. The date they publish those accepted is 28th April, so a nail-biting 3 week wait! Writing goes on....
