MIDLIFE WRITER

So this week I received a really helpful lesson to my writing. An area that has always been an barrier; Punctuation that little toerag that keeps tripping me up. Even now it's casting shadows over this blog. Although the next book of my poetry is at the draft stage. It may or may not get published. That is the reality I've learnt to accept. At the present time, I'm starting lighting the fires; trying to gain interest in some possibilities. Whist also overcoming endless battle with punctuation.  I'd like to suggest if you're ever thinking of being the next big thing in the world of publication is start with a small audience, friends or family for example. Something else I may like to suggest is trying getting work into anthologys or writing competitions. In the past 12 months I have for the first time had several of my poems published in anthologies. The main benefit of being in an anthology is the fact that you have strength in numbers. There are more people behin