I have not written anything solid for around a year now. I have a collection of short, women's magazine type, stories I have written and sent off for publication. All rejected. I have entered a few short story competitions, including a recent W&H one, but never got anywhere. I did learn that you should study your market carefully before sending anything yet it is not enough. I would love to write a collection of short stories for children as I have a few which I wrote for my daughter when she was small. I mentioned before that I have written a teach yourself book about typing. You can learn the basic principles from the book alone within a couple of hours. I have sent it to a publisher (who didn't bother replying) then to an agent who was not interested. I am not someone who perseveres and I can see that is my biggest failing. I don't give my work to others to read which is silly because I can see I lack feedback in everything but I think I just fear the embarrassment of being told something isn't that good. Oh what a wimp! The good news is that I have worked on myself quite a bit and I am ready to venture forth again.
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