Well I was well and truly fed up last week when I realised my carefully chosen words and formatting had been turned into gobbledy-gook by Microsoft… says it all really.  Sorry everyone, and this week I will try to sort out the formatting a different way.

It has been a very uncreative week if you don't take into account that I have had to write a very detailed CV about my life.  Now that is creative writing!  Seriously, I have had to sit down and analyse every job I have ever done and each skill I have mastered in an effort to try to work out where I go from here in my writing/working world. 

I am a bit of an enigma, because I have done so many things it just isn't possible to place me in any sort of "box".  I started off as a child and became a musician and became (in no particular order) an actress, accountant, wife, mother, author, painter and the list goes on.

Some of those skills/roles I have thoroughly enjoyed using/playing, and some I have hated and vowed never to go there again (I will leave those of you who know me to guess at which ones!).  The problem apparently that people have around me is that they have difficulty working out which of the many things I am good at - are the ones I actually want to do.  It had never occurred to me that they would need to – just because I am good at sex, I wouldn't dream of selling it in the workplace!! (I know self-praise, not recommendation and all that). 

What I do have though is a thorough and better understanding of myself as I sit here and write this morning – all these experiences make me the person I am today, whether I enjoyed them or not.  They all contribute to make me "me", and if people want a guide-book when they become my friend or colleague – well tough. 

I also have three or four pages of actual specifics that I can pat myself on the back about and this in turn is giving me confidence and the self-encouragement to move on to each new project.

I would highly commend this exercise for you to do….

From the Mailbag…

How do I become famous through my writing?

I don't know – why would you want to?   Go away, define your idea of famous and try and work out why you should deserve it. 

Sorry – I don't mean to sound unsympathetic, and I am sure others could add to this debate.

Inspiration
"The collective energy generated from the feelings, thoughts, and attitudes of the almost six billion people on this planet creates an atmosphere or 'consciousness climate.' Surrounding us like the air we breathe, this consciousness climate affects us most strongly on energetic and emotional levels."  -- Doc Childre and Howard Martin

Colin Parsons is our featured author this week :