Hello and thank you for taking the time to have a look at the brand new Friday Feature which launches today!
During the next few months the blog will be playing host to a variety of authors, (some aspiring, some independently published and a few traditionally) who all share a common desire to demonstrate that no matter how tight you are for time there is always, always, the possibility to squeeze in a few moments to write somewhere in the day! I'm hoping they will also be sharing their hopes and aspirations for the future along with details of their current projects and plans.
The feature kicks off today with a post from Michelle Dobson
Time to write...
Anyone who knows me has come to expect me to write almost
anywhere I am!
For me it's not a case of necessarily planning time to 'sit
down' and write but I tend to write 'in the moment' and I've been known to
write from a clothes changing room in a shop, waiting rooms, hospital beds and
often pull the car over, to 'get it down'. For me writing is a way of life.
It's almost like words run through my veins.
I've written various genres over the time from copywriting
in my advertising days, poems, women's interest pieces & of course now for
my book. I've always loved writing ever since a child and my creative flair
took me down the advertising path but in recent years I've written for
therapeutic purpose and it's opened a whole new world.
The vision in my head, 'my dream' has been that on my 50th
Birthday (some 12 years away) I would be relaxing in the Maldives & I'd
pull out a book from my beach bag and it will be my book! So it would kind of
be a double celebration. Now I'm an impatient kinda girl and I've learnt that
life's too short to put dreams in a 'maybe one day' box and recent health
issues have made me think; 'just go for it M', to take every opportunity that
comes my way and to believe that despite everything, 'I'm not done, I'm just
beginning'...
My name is Michelle Dobson, I'm 38, been married for 14
years and we have 2 gorgeous sons who are currently 13 & 8 and we are
thoroughly enjoying village life in the country. I used to work in a top London
advertising agency where I was the account manager for L'Oreal & I also had
the privilege of working on other blue chip accounts with other creative teams.
I then took the decision to become a full time Mum after our first son was
born. Needing somewhere to channel my creativity and as a hobby I then became a
qualified interior designer. Life events then took many considerable turns
which led me to the world of counselling 9 years ago and I'm now a member of
BACP, training and working towards another dream of being able to run my own
counselling practice.
Link to my blog...
Find me on Twitter..
@_Mwrites_
Hi Michelle. Congratulations on being the first writer in Heidi's new My Writing Life feature. You're absolutely right in your comments about the "one day maybe" approach - if you have a dream, you need to chase it down and make it happen. It sounds as if you are a busy and determined lady. I'm sure you will achieve your writing goals.
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