Monday, 26 October 2009

This is all happening a bit fast....

Well aren't I the lucky one? I now have an arts group exhibition to review in December (requested by arts group, of course, rather than commissioned by publication) and an article about ground-breaking Driving Course for 15-16 year olds to write.

Doing the driving course now and as it has excellent feature potential, decided I needed photos. Can't take them as am in car with 15 year old son all the time. So asked Leaders of Course if they could take them. Following Sally's advice that if we'd ever published anything we were Writers, I started 'I'm a writer...' and their little faces lit up. Now committed to writing feature. No worries, they said, they have tons of press contacts to get it published, plus could use it to support submission to Commons Select Committee etc. Spent today being treated alternately as minor royalty to be sucked up to, or sinister spy to be addressed with enormous discretion. Not at all keen on either role and thoroughly unnerved. But they have been busy taking photos for me, which is something

Now got 4 good feature concepts:

  • The Driving course
  • The Arts Group Review
  • Weekend in Granada (Spain) in November
  • Visit to Portmouth Dockyards Xmas do (local press)

None of them commissioned or involving any immediate financial reward for me.

Meanwhile, I have to sign on at the Jobcentre tomorrow and explain why I have not yet got another job as a Marketing Communications Manager.

Feeling scared to death and totally out of depth. Must STOP marketing self as Writer before I'm actually ready to start delivering something!

Sally - help - this is all happening the wrong way round and I'm dead scared..
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  1. Anonymous26 October 2009 at 16:44

    Ask me tomorrow about a brilliant writers/journalist group for women. A real self-help haven. Fascinating stuff comes out of it and the regular feed of emails is quite honestly - inspirational - and, I am sure, hugely supportive. I joined when I picked up the details on www.journalism.co.uk. I haven't used it yet, but feel finding a situation to do so (cos it's so friendly and helpful) ..actually, I'll put the details here for you now....
    there's some background detail at http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/51292.php and the website itself is at:
    http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/mediawomenuk/
    Good luck with the job centre guys.
    I don't think you should feel out of your depth...your good...you are professional - you know as much as the rest of us but are just adding more skills to your armoury...Freelancing is a difficult place to be..but it has some benefits...esp when you are juggling teenage sons and their driving courses with work.
    Talk tomorrow, if you'd like. But I hope the above helps.
    Sally

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