Tuesday June 15, 2010

Hello There

Hello there and welcome to my June Newsletter. The last few weeks have been pretty busy for me. At long last my new book seems to be taking shape nicely.  I seem to have found the missing ingredient albeit the vital ingredient "Humour". I decided to switch tracks and write the way I think. And guess what I think it works....As a result I'm having a great time writing it now . Its a romantic comedy which deals with addiction, depression, love, loss, heartbreak, plenty of humility and finding yourself. I'll tell you next month if the main character "Amber" has indeed found herself. But I'm hopeful she will.  

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The Life of a Writer

The life of a writer requires alot of self discipline. And I'm trying extremely hard to be extra disciplined. Considering I spent over ten years in the army you wouldnt think I'd have a problem with it. But you'd be surprised. So this month I've decided to wean myself off the internet entirely. Fingers crossed I succeed. But what I love about writing is that I can stay at home and call it work. In other news I discovered what the word "Prudent" meant not so long ago. And while I opted to become its friend. I think the time has come for us to become best friends. I've learnt to dress myself and my  house up cheaply and cautiously. But this month I'm going to try and get it down to a fine art. Wish me luck...

We're having my son Alex's tenth birthday party this wednesday so I'm going to have to spend the whole day baking tomorrow. I'm not bad at baking but I'm not great either. I seem to leave out vital ingredients such as baking powder. So that should be interesting enough. I've also decided that I need to learn how to cook properly. So I've given myself the challenge of learning how to make a shepards pie this month.  Lets hope both you and I succeed with all of our little goals this month....  

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The Big D

I've suffered from Depression for quite a while now actually. It seems to leave me for extended periods only to re-surface plunging me into blackness quite spontaneously at times. And at times I've been embarrassed to talk about it. I suppose I feel theres still a certain amount of stigma attached to it. And over the last few months its re-surfaced horribly. But thankfully I seem to be getting a handle on it now. This is good news because at times its been quite hard to cope with. I've found exercising has helped but I might tone it down now because my muscles are screaming at me to stop immediately, they can't take it anymore. In particular an old injury in my hip, lower back and the list goes on.  So to even things out I think a trip to the doctor and a bit of prozac might help. Hopefully it will take the edge off it and even me out.  I suppose I've tried to handle it all on my own because I was embarrassed. But sometimes we all need a little bit of help to combat our issues. And there's no shame in reaching out and asking for help.  

SUMMER READS

Its that time of year again. Yes the holidays will soon be descending upon us. I've had mine already ssshhh don't tell anyone.   But if you're off on your's this summer make sure and pack away a decent enough book. Two books I've read recently which I've enjoyed were  "Jumping in Puddles" by the lovely Claire Allan. And "Under the Rainbow" by Mary O' Sullivan - both of whom are on my facebook page which still leaves me feeling well a bit star struck ...enjoy your month and your holidays until next month. Valeriex   

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