Backing myself (or is it faking it)?

One of the other things that's landed on my plate is the chance to do some freelance articles. Now, I've done a little (think very) freelance work before but it was research based. This next thing involves interviewing someone. And I happen to know from her website that one of the tennets of what she does revolves around thought processes and creating your own reality with your thoughts. So, I have to give myself permission to think of myself as posessing the necessary skills - which when put like that isn't too hard. I know I can write, I'm interested in the work she does and have a lot of questions I want to ask her. Voila - I have what it takes (though I'm not sure what to wear).

It probably applies to writing too. If I think of myself as a publishable and published writer I will work more like one. And so....it's off to work I go.

It doesn't rain...

In the middle of trying to get two manuscripts ready for entry into The Clendon award. RWNZ's full manuscript contest. Realising now that I should have worked much, much harder over the summer break. And, as is always the way, I have lots of other stuff landing on my plate at the same time. Some of it's good, exciting stuff though, so got to be happy with that. Have to hope that deadline pressure makes me infinitely more productive.

February - aargh

Christmas over, New Year's done and dusted, and Jan 08 gone forever. Better crack on with February. The good news is I placed in the GOTCHA contest and get an editor read as the prize - Yay. Of course now I have to revist the entry and make sure it's as perfect as I can get it. Which, with all the second guessing I like to do - will the editor like this bit? will she get my sense of humour? etc etc can tie me up in knots. But I'll try to be true to myself and my story, it got me this far after all.

And while on vacation I had an idea for the I (Heart) Presents contest. So need to get that 1st chapter written and then figure out a plausible synopsis and entered before the 14th. And then by the end of Feb I plan to have two complete manuscripts entered in The Clendon (RWNZ's full manuscript contest). Hmm. Maybe I shouldn't have taken it quite so easy over January.