I CAN DO IT!

by Lynda E. Blake

Those four little words mean so much. But while it's hard for me to imagine life after Writing Life because I only recently discovered Bernie and her knack for motivation, I'm hopeful that "Life After Writing Life" will be full of opportunities and will see my writing really bloom. Because I can do it!

Yes, that is what we need to believe because often it is all we writers have - the belief. But determination is the key, and I long to pick up a magazine and find it contains one of my very own stories. Surely that would be a treat for the eyes of any author to feast on?
And hopefully I shall make it because yes, I can do it!

We all have our own way of getting through the bleak times, times when writing seems to be our worst enemy rather than our friend, but when the words fall into place out of the blue I find myself thinking: yes, I can do it!

So thanks Writing Life for giving me this chance to try things out and discover my strengths and weaknesses. It's good to play, and yes, I can do it!

© Lynda Blake 2005

When Lynda Blake was fourteen she had a devastating cycling accident, but far from this ruining her life she has since earned many Home Study certificates, and a BSc Honours degree with the Open University. Her joy in writing is a reminder that anything is possible if we want it badly enough.

[Lynda is visually impaired and does the email-only WL course at http://www.writing-in-a-nutshell.net/ using a screenreader called 'Jaws'. You can contact her through Bernie because she can't easily get to the message board, as Jaws doesn't seem to like it. He can, however, read this Blog.]