1066 All Stars

Day 21 - 21st September 2014

Food Log

Breakfast - Tea and Alpen

Lunch - Ham, cheese and mustard sandwich

Dinner - Roast pork

Dessert - New York Cheesecake

In between meal snacks:

2x Rice cake

Chocolate chip biscuit 

Apple

Plum

2x grapes

Thoughts and Feelings

* The cheesecake was a little naughty. I may regret it tomorrow at the weigh in.

* I had actually intended to switch my weigh in to Sunday morning but completely forgot.

* I edited some of my blogs today. This is completely alien to me, I usually like to just let them live as written but there was a specific point I wanted to address. The issue itself is irrelevant but it is interesting to me to note my reaction. I felt like I was cheating, as if my blogs were no longer genuine. Nonesense of course, editing is an established and vital part of the writing process.

* Speaking of which, I submitted a couple of pieces to an online website / writing contest. I have received an e-mail from the publication involved advising that I could be considered for publication, subject to some amendments I would need to agree to. I suspect the e-mails are slightly spammy (I received exactly the same wording for both entries) but it was again interesting to me that, rather than being pleased, my first reaction was one of suspicion, looking for the catch somewhere. My second reaction was, ' How dare you think my work needs editing.'

* I have yet to decide how to respond.

* I am on the verge of publishing my second collection and everyone I share my writing with tells me what a great achievement it is to be published. But the thing is, I did it myself and only my friends and family bought copies. It's not like someone in the publishing industry saw my work, thought it was publication worthy and paid me to release it. I still don't feel like a real writer. It feels like the equivalent of setting up a lemonade stall outside your house and the only person who buys a glass is your mum.