Everyone has them some time, and I certainly had one last night. It was the final instalment of a 30 week 'creative writing' course at Ilkley. Might not sound a lot to most people, but when I say it changed my life I'm not exaggerating.
If you'd told me when I started the course that in 9 months time I'd be moving 4/500 miles to do a Masters degree in Pro. Writing in Falmouth I'd have died laughing, yet this time tomorrow Sheila and I will be somewhere on the M62 on the first leg of that journey.
So thanks to Mark for lighting the flame, for persuading me that it was possible; and thanks to everyone else on the course who helped fan that belief and kept it smouldering ever since. Keep the faith folks, and keep in touch...
Chris
PS. Time for me to log off for a while. I'm not sure when I'll be back, not for the next 7/10 days I suspect, and at this precise moment that fills me with a strange, and unexpected sadness. Don't know why, but I feel uneasy, maybe even scared. Time to take a deep breath and head for bed. The future will take care of itself, all I can do is give it a little nudge every now and then.
C x.
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Bon courage!
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No worries, dear one. You'll do better than you think. It's just the end of one chapter, and the beginning of another. Write your own path through it all.