Fatty and the Physicist

Where does the time go? I can't say I have written much at all this week. Oh plenty of emails, texts, facebook comments, notes on lunches, school notes and a list or two, but nothing really creative and I feel the same way I feel when I haven't gone to the gym for a while (oh and you guessed it, I haven't done much of that either!!). I really do have to find my mojo again. It's a little lacking in all departments this past week, culminating in a very upset digestive tract on Friday (TMI...yeah sorry, but it is funny how some things manifest in different ways). If I want to look at positives though, I did finish a book, start another, had some family time with the people I love the most, and may have lost a kg (we shall see...weigh-in is tomorrow). So there was a little sunshine in the gloom of my foggy mind and I will take that and be happy with it hoping for finer weather this week and the fog to lift completely. Things to look forward to this week; well it woul

...and what a week it was! Wednesday was our inaugural Creative Collective meeting and from some people's perspective (insert Physicist), it may have looked like we had just gone out for drinks. I corrected him of course and said no, it was more than that, and he responded 'Oh that's right, you had dinner as well'.  Well it was a little more than just an evening with dinner and drinks.  There was a lot of discussion and time spent getting acquainted with each other, and with our amazing waiter who looked like Roberto Benigni, but had in fact been his personal waiter in a restaurant when he was writing either a book or film. Our waiter (who was French) certainly knew his wines and V and I had the benefit of his attention when we spent an hour together whilst waiting for the rest of our party to arrive. We both concluded that V has an expensive taste in wine when the wine she was drinking was being sold for $75 per bottle. Myself, on the other hand, would highly recomme

So I have come to thinking that perhaps my style of writing (insert humour perhaps) may not be quite what Fremantle Press are after.  Much of their work is Australian orientated and they especially love works that involve Western Australia in some way. I appreciate that, so I have decided to tackle one of the bigger publishing houses and see if I can submit my work there. Of course, a bigger publishing house means a greater volume of work coming in across their desks. The nice thing about it is that I can submit my stories online (this saves a heap on postage), they also don't mind if you submit to multiple publishing houses at the same time (as long as you tell them if it has been accepted elsewhere). The downside is they just can't let you know if your work is unsuccessful and will only contact you if you are successful.  Understandable with the volume of work they have to sift through but you still feel you are sending your work into an empty hole never to be seen again. L

Ah!!!! What a week! It started with my birthday on Monday and has not stopped since! It's been crazy but enjoyable and I most definitely have felt the love these past few days. One of the bunches of love for my birthday Another bunch of love The highlight of my week would have to be Inklings, the writer's group I have discovered. A great group of people and I think not just a forum for people to hear each other's work, but a place to learn different techniques. Carolyn and Gemma I thank you for creating this group, really, I am over the moon! This week was the second fortnight where we were learning about In media res. As this was the first week for me, I, unfortunately, missed last fortnight's lesson, but I think I have caught up. I do also have to catch up on the Foreshadowing workshop that was held the two previous fortnights. I have, as I tend to do, gone in guns blazing and full of eagerness and have volunteered to write a piece for next fortnight&#