Hi Dollit,
Thats sounds great. Good luck with your article. You obviously get alot out of your voluntary work, both good and bad? (!) Every committee has one jumped up, power hungy, antagonisitc prat on them in my experience. LOL
Have you tried to get your fiction published, or is it more of a personal thing? What sort of fiction do you write? Criminal by any chance?
I imagine it must be really enjoyable, being able to take your mind into a different zone so to speak. I have very little imagination! But love a good read once in a while, when I can concentrate. I used to love drama for that very reason, you could take yourself wherever you wanted to go and be a different person and just forget for a while. I loved improvisation, was so much fun. Do you know, I may look into whether there are any local drama groups.
I have contributed to some newspaper articles in the past and a Community Development Report, inadvertently, noone told me that they intended to use my findings for the report, but I was flattered that they used it as evidence, made me feel that my work was valued. There was a whole launch day for the report with people from the Police, Social Services, Education, PCT.
I dont think it really made a difference though sadly, just an excuse to redirect funding from one agency to another. Ah I have become so cynical, the poor voluntary sector is doomed, they spend more time fighting for funding and justifying their existence than being able to actually do the job.
I have digressed.... hope you're having a good weekend. x