What I have done

[lexin]

I got into conversation online with raincitygirl, and following from that I looked into courses offered by the City Literary Institute, a London college which offers day and evening classes for a reasonable sum to everyone who cares to sign up in a variety of subjects from Painting to Sewing, from Computers to Languages and every stop in between.

I looked first at the German courses, because I did German with them to A level, but am now sadly out of practise. I've put a couple on my wishlist, but also emailed the languages department to ask which would be the best fit.

I did sign up, though, for a "Ways Into Creative Writing" course which starts on 1 October and runs for (I think) 11 weeks until December. It's on a Thursday afternoon, so should fit in with my packed lifestyle.

I'm more than a bit nervous, because when I worked Horrible Ex Boss was very critical of my writing skills, which damaged my self-confidence to no little degree as one thing I thought I could do was write. She said I couldn't and I could see no reason why she'd criticise that when there were so many other things about me to criticise. Basically, I believed her because I had no reason not to.

Roll on 1 October.

Comments

[lyorn]

Horrible Ex-boss is on drugs, and not the good kind, or simply a miserable pathetic liar. I read your fic.

But I know the feeling of not being able to disbelieve that one has no skill in something one has been doing with some success for 40 years. I had a very, very bad year wrt singing, and I'm only very tentatively halfway back.

If you are taking that German course and are looking for someone to correspond with in German, let me know ;-)

[lexin]

Thank you, that makes me feel a bit better.

I will remember the plan for the German course, too.