Thanks, Lea
I would like to take a moment to thank someone who changed the course of my writing life: Lea Schizas.
Last October I participated in the first online writing conference, organized by Lea and Carolyn Howard-Johnson.
I can’t say enough good things about the conference and about Lea (and Carolyn). There I hooked up with Linda Barnett-Johnson. Linda convinced me to join the LSS Writers Lodge. There I began write short stories in addition to the poetry I was already writing.
Since then I’ve also joined one of the MuseItUp Club’s children’s fiction groups.
The first story I wrote for the writer’s lodge was the first fiction I ever wrote. That was last November. If you’d asked me a year ago, I would have said that I would *never* write fiction.
Now I’ve had two short stories published in online zines and have several others, including a picture book, out for consideration. I’ve also finally started working on my book of poetry.
Whatever happens to those stories (and to me as a writer) the mere fact that I’m doing it at all is momentous.
So thanks, Lea. I wouldn’t be here without you.
PS: Check out the links for the Muse Online Conference, the MuseItUp Club and the Long Story Short Writers Lodge.
I want to thank you for the kind words, Margaret, and to take this opportunity and tell you that the Conference succeeded in opening up a passion you must have had deep within your core but it was YOU who took that first step in becoming a writer. So take a bow yourself because that first step is always the hardest and you’re way ahead of other writers who are still ‘thinking’ about writing.
Here’s wishing you continued success and I’ll be seeing you in this year’s Conference on October 8 - 14, seven days of hectic workshops once again.
Lea Schizas
Comment by Lea Schizas — May 14, 2007 @ 12:42 pm