Snuggie Wearing Stalky Gets her Write On

Amongst other things - receptionist extraordinaire, protector of plants, super snuggie wearing Stalky - I'm also a writer.  Today I've sent a sample of my book off to a publisher in the hope that someone, one day, will want to publish my work.  I've been writing stories since I was very small.  I remember writing adventures on lined paper, which I kept in a folder.  Then I moved on to a computer and started typing out my stories, reading them to El Kenco as they progressed.  This is one of the reasons why I'm now a ridiculously speedy typist and sometimes referred to as "book girl" by narrow minded folk from school who somehow still think it's cool to mock someone who has a passion for writing.  Luckily for me I don't care about those people and don't actually have to bother with them anymore as I now live half way round the world.  This is not the reason why I moved.  The thing is, I don't think I could not write.  I love to write.  I didn't decide one day that I might try to write a book, I just had a need to write a story.  It's like an overwhelming urge that just grips you and sees you sat at your computer for hours on end as you disappear into a world entirely of your making.  I still have the stories that I wrote when I was younger and I cringe when I read them but I remember how much I loved writing them.  I just hope that my current work is of a higher standard.  It's very hard putting your work out there for other people to judge.  Rejection is inevitable and I never expect quick results but every time I send my work off I hold on to a tiny sliver of hope.  That maybe someone will read my book and think it worthy of publishing.  So fingers crossed everyone!  We'll see what happens.