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June wrote: Cheryl forgot to

say congrats about the novel, well done you, how lovely to be able to achieve

that despite being ill, gives the rest of us hope that life doesn't end with Bronch.

Hi June,

When I was so

incredibly sick two and a half years ago, my then specialist (since sacked!)

told me I would never be any better. That got my goat up – he was an

arrogant so and so – and I decided to prove him wrong.

Because of the

immune deficiency I was told (by several doctors) I could never go back to my

day job again. I’d been writing as a hobby for years upon years, didn’t

really think about earning money from it, although I’d long wanted to

write full-time.

Well, now I am

writing full-time – kind of. I pace myself as best I can, and write when I’m

well enough, and if I’m not, then I don’t. That works for me most

of the time, but at the moment I’m working on a feature article that’s

due on Wednesday (Aussie time) and I’m a bit behind; nearly there though.

The feature is

wearing me out a bit, mainly because it’s about wines and wineries, and I’m

a tea-totaller, so I’m having to do a ton of research. Then my editor

emailed and asked me to add a sidebar about various wines that would be

available in the US in the spring. (The magazine is in the US). <<groan>>

It’s been

a real challenge, but I’m also there. Hallelujah!

Just about anything

is possible if you really want it; that’s my take on it anyway.

Cheryl

p.s. A sidebar

(for those who don’t know) is the extra information you often find at the

end of an article. Sometimes it might present as a box in the middle of

an article.

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