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Hey!

I have a new tumblr, especially for the toys I make. Please follow -

http://madebylou.tumblr.com/

I haven’t needed… or really wanted to write anything here for a while.

I haven’t had much in the way of my career to write about, with my illness looming over me like a giant stinky cloud ( mega pain from 2 slipped discs and severe sciatica for those who don’t know, which had made me not able to walk properly for a while)

BUT… now I have.

1. I finished my writing course YAY! AND although I didn’t get a TOP mark… I still got a good one and am chuffed…

Now that that’s over, I finally know whats been going wrong with my writing; where it needs improving, and what direction its going in.

I think, and have been told, that I have a “splendid” imagination… but my grammar is something to be desired… but with the help of the course, and a grammar for dummies book :P I managed to increase its power… so the “Writing Louise Machine” is back on top.

I’ve been wondering, since I got my final letter to say I passed, what to do now… where to go… if its really worth me writing… who said I’ll get published? Well if I don’t try, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life. I’ll always have a shame of not trying my best to achieve something I’ve wanted for so long.

SO, the plan is,

1. Keep writing

2. Get a job in the mean time to support myself… because IF I don’t make it as a writer, then I’ll have a fall back… that fallback is teaching….

3. So, do a maths gcse… cos I failed at that.

4. Do a teaching course.

5. Be a teacher… which is valuable research for my books :D

Job done! Well done moi :D

Bows out.

I’ve said this a few times, and I’ll say it again to make my point “Clothes for larger girls suck arse”

As most know, I love fashion, and even did a degree in it, but being a larger lady find it hard these days to find stuff that really looks good on me, or just something trendy or sexy even.

Some stores, such as Evans, and New Look tend to get it right SOMETIMES, BUT more often than not it misses the mark. Even stores such as Tesco, and Asda who claim to do plus size clothes tend to miss the point too; being “grannyish”, too simple, or even too reveling in the areas that most larger gals are conscious about; such as the upper arms, the tummy and thighs.

So, I will make a promise, that if ever I get money from the writing thing, or my toys, I will open a shop with clothes actually designed for larger women, researched properly, and designed to the right spec. That is my goal now!!! For all those women who LIKE being larger.

My new nic name - Opto-Lou - makes me sound like a super hero, with Octopus arms or something….

Reasoning? Must get back to my Miss. Optimism. MUST DO, NOT TRY!!!

Also, must try not to trust people so easily… bad good nature, baaad!

Things I must do this year… back depending:-

1. Travel on a steam train… yes I want to pretend I’m in Harry Potter

2. Finish Fudge (Book working on)

3. Go to Sweden

4. Sort myself out first!!!

5. Get website up

6. Get my car back on the road

In general be more productive……….

Stop making silly lists about what I want to do…. hmmpth

Ok, I know its the 16th Jan… but with the bad start that I had to the year, I’ve decided that today is the first day of the New Year :D

So, although its still bad, and I’m in a lot of pain with my back etc, I am getting back on track.

The following are my resolutions for the year, and seeing as I achieved all of last years, bar one, then its good going.

1. Lose 4 stone. This is a much more realistic goal than previous, and I CAN achieve this. 

2. Get Fudge finished completely; edited, printed, and sent off.

3. Get Mitch website set up.

4. Go to Sweden.

5. Be happy with myself!

Nothing stopped me last year, I will not let my back issue, or heartache stop me this year. 2011 WILL be the year that things change, because I am going to make them. Even, if I NEVER achieve the getting published, or the website thing, at least I can say I tried and move on to something I can achieve.

It’s amazing how much optimism I have at the moment…. it’s a shame others don’t share it with me.