Welcome to my weird world!

First ever blog entry

Well, here I am. I have never kept a blog before, although many of my friends did, while we were at University. I kept a diary off and on from about age 11 to age 18, and there's certainly lots of potential writing material there, but I think it is perhaps better left until I am more experienced at handling delicate material!

It may take me a while to get there, but I am hoping that this blog will eventually turn up something that will be of interest to my writing. Perhaps in noting down events in my life, opinions, feelings, quotes and anything else that pops into my head, I will draw together something worth writing about! People often say that we should write about what we know, and I don't suppose that I know anything better than my own life, but it is often difficult to see anything in our lives worth writing about.

I am currently on my lunch break, and should be going back to work shortly, but I'm thinking I might take the afternoon off to start my writing course. I work as the Marketing Manager for our family business, and theoretically work four days a week, doing a Writers' Bureau writing course on the fifth day. I started here a year ago today, and in practice tend to work until at least 18:00 (and sometimes after 21:00) all five days, not counting networking meetings in the evenings and at weekends. Doesn't leave much time for writing, and I haven't even managed to start my course yet - I paid about 18 months ago!

One thing that I hope to gain from membership here is the impetus to work on my writing. When I'm busy, I find it awfully easy to put off writing, even though it is what I really want to be doing. Hopefully, by being involved in a community of writers, I might find it easier to keep my writing closer to the forefront. I would love nothing more than to write professionally, but I'm a long way from that at the moment, and if I don't get on with it, I'll never get there.

One last point before I go: thanks ever so much to whoever it is that upgraded my membership here. You will obviously know who you are, so if you're reading this, I'd just like you to know how very much your gift is appreciated - you might just make the difference between success and failure for one writer!