I am in limbo at the moment. My story has gone off to be edited by a professional. No doubt he/she will tell me it is all wrong and that I need to write half of it over again. In the meantime I am stuck twiddling my thumbs unable to move on. I do keep re-reading my story and making small changes but it’s a bit silly as it has gone away in its original form to be edited. I am a little bit fed up of it to be honest. I simply want to see it in print and have my discoveries broadcast to the world.

To keep me sane I have joined a Creative Writing circle at my local library. My first meeting was a couple of days ago. There were only three regulars and no other new joiners. They were all ladies around the same age as me but were very Sparky and willing to talk and read out their own work. I was grilled a little and admitted that I had written a book and had a rejection. They want me to bring a couple of chapters to the next meeting to read out to them. When I told them what I had written about they were very intrigued but not surprised nor did they say I was daft. I have had problems twice with other people not having a clue that there is Shakespeare authorship question. It is like I was saying that the earth is flat. Anyway, I have been given some homework by the group leader. I have to write 4K words describing someone. I usually go way over the amount stated when doing assignments but 4K on a description? That’s a lot of words, I expect that we have to delve into their life’s achievements. I will have to make something up.

I bought another book last week. It is a reprint of Stowe’s Survey of London first printed in 1598 but my copy is 1878. It’s nice to own something old even if it isn’t a origional first edition. I have bought a lot of old book reprints but a lot are exact copies from the original and so in black-letter. They have the long S that looks like an f and also i and y are substituted for no reason. The letter r is and odd-looking thing too. It’s good to have them even though I can’t read them at any meaningful speed. Once I prove that Anthony Munday wrote Shakespeare the copies of Stowe that he had a hand in will double in price. I have tried to purchase one but they are very rare and I have failed. Never mind, I wouldn’t sell it if I did get one so there is no lost profit.

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