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Stagnation!

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I feel I'm  not moving forward.  I still haven't done anything about a printer yet and consequently am limited to email submissions.  I've got to work on my monthly writing group post now.  The germ of an idea is there.   I've joined a nice writing community called Judith's Room and I like it.  I've taken up the NaBloPomo  challenge for July and I feel I would achieve something if I could complete it.  There was this e-course in creative writing run by Tim Atkinson, a blogger I follow who is also a writer.  The course started in May.  I missed it.  But when I went into Tim's site, the gadget for signing up people was still up, so I added my name.  Wasn't that pushy?  I was so disappointed to have missed it.

The kids are back to school this week and hopefully it will give me scope to organise my life better.

This post first appeared on Write Away on Wordpress on  3/7/2010
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