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The joy of blogging

Since the words ‘blog’ and ‘post’ and ‘comment’ came into my life, I have spent so much time doing all three that family have said: ‘why waste your time’; ‘who’s gunna read it?’; ‘you and your soapbox, Jenn!’. (LOL – yes, my family know me well!)

And as much as blogging has a ‘me’ factor to it, it’s a lot about learning, making connections and meeting new people.

I was doing what I do the other day – blogging, posting, commenting – not even realising there was a reward on offer. Today I found out I’d won something – something beautiful – simply by leaving a comment. Not only that, I now also know about an amazingly talented person who lives way out west “in the middle of somewhere” (yes she says that on her website – LOL)

The Gifted Gecko is a husband and wife team sharing a passion that results in the most incredible craft pieces. (I call them works of art.) So if you are looking for something unique, take a look at the website.

I can’t wait to receive my little scroll angels to add to the joy of Christmas.

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Some girls get it all!

Jealous?
Me?
You bet!
Miranda Kerr has the body, the bloke, the baby and now…now she’s got a book for sale! (She needs one of those like I need another adverb in my latest WIP!)

Okay, so it’s non-fiction, but it’s still a book, in print, on a bookshelf, in a book store.
Move over Miranda – my diet starts tomorrow LOL.

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It never rains…

Then it pours! And no I’m not referring to the latest non-stop rain event. I’m talking about when everything happens at once: the exciting, mixing it up with the mundane, then throwing in a writing competition to manage.

Yep – one year ago (almost to the day) I took an unprecedented ‘strategic’ approach to this whole publishing caper, deciding I needed to give back to the member organisation that has been so good to me – Romance Writers of Australia. While not a ‘genuine’ romance writer (I’m afraid my women’s fiction stories about love, life an second chances don’t always have that essential happy ever after element required to be ‘real’ romance) RWA is a wonderful group of non-discriminatory, caring, sharing writers – both published and aspiring.)

So this year I put my hand up, volunteering to manage one of the many competitions the organisation runs to help and develop members. I figured it was good karma.

PHEW! What a job. Massive.

I’ve entered my share of competitions over the last couple of years, and I’ve always thought I understood how much work was involved for those behind the scenes, but you really can’t appreciate it until you’ve managed a competition that follows the RWA’s comprehensive processes that ensure transparency and accountability.

Oh the pressure!

But as I stare at the computer for hours trying to allocate scores of entries to judges (many of whom request certain genres with or without certain elements – yes, they are allowed, they are also volunteers) I say to myself…

This is all part of the plan. It’s karma – what you do to others will come back an bite you. What you do for others will bless you. I’m hoping for the blessing!