arrrgh the ex is crazy. shes being nice and honest and attacking my manhood in a verbal way. (21)

Are the fireman there yet in their uniforms?? If so, I'll be over in about 10 minutes - keep them there for me!!! I do like a man in a uniform!!!

Personally I would even change my number or buy myself another sim card for everyday use, she'll soon get bored when she knows she can't screw your head up anymore. Come on mate, you really don't need this you've got your whole life ahead of you - now enjoy it!

ah well, that the thing. the whole 30 in two years time is bugging the hell out of me. shes 23, im 28.
Im university educated and work in a bingo hall.
She having a wonderful life with ECE's and i don't get a day off becausing im training to be an actor and working every spare hour for no guaranteed employment.
Sigh.
U ever feel like u bought some magic beans?
mInd u if i had a big stalk. Lol

Hey, what you stressing about - some beans take a little while to grow into beanstalks and then you'll find your fortune - I write and haven't earnt much at all yet, got a couple of nice trophy things and a small cheque every quarter that'll buy me a paper once a week but I'm following my heart and what I want to do at the moment. Same for you. So what if you're working in a bingo hall at the moment a lot of actors wait tables, life has it's own path and if you're destined to do that it will happen no matter what age you are. I didn't start writing till I was 39 - and my Nan's 86 and she's learning how to use the computer!! Age has nothing to do with it!!!

Ah, the inspired bunch. I've really missed that.
I think seeing her just brought a lot of insecurities back and one i never worried about.
I write too, but I only ever get offered the self publishing route. Still s few of my plays have been put on and my short stories are well received if not published.
Dam this multi-talentedness

I really wouldn't worry everyone has some insecurities and if we allow them to govern our lives where would we be? Life-coaching is an excellent way to get past them so I'm told, as I've blown some really good chances of progressing with my writing last year because of my stupid insecurities - I was invited to America to read some of my work at this big writers convention, offered a free place at a special writers retreat (including all my travel etc) as well as had a couple of invitations to read a couple of my poems on some radio station in the States. I didn't want to travel alone but I was only offered expenses etc for myself - too insecure in myself to do that at the time - so I had to decline the offers - I could kick myself now!!!!

When you're rich and famous I can say I knew him when he worked at the bingo hall!!! Have you tried lulu.com for self-publishing?? It's great and no set up fee - it really looks nice when you send out a manuscript as it already looks like a book. Without postage it only cost a few quid per book and you can do all the marketing yourself. Getting published is a real pain in the bum, although I've got a couple of published books by a publisher in the states, most here won't deal with you unless you have an agent and getting an agent is near impossible, they only take on 1 book in a good few thousand each year. I've got four manuscripts I just haven't done anything with yet because I didn't want to waste the money on postage before xmas and get the standard, "thank you but at present we are inundated with manuscripts so have returned your manuscript unread!" Tell you what, I'll write it, you star in it and we'll get the rest of the cast from our friends on here - it'll be a No 1 at the box office - anyone got a video camera????

if you ask me it was a blatent attack to make you feel bad. women know that it is the best way to wind a man up.And you may think she said it nicely but that smile was because she knows thats how to get to you. Just move on its prob not true anyway.

thanks for that. i'll check out the website. and im avaliable for all acting work at the standard rate. we can it "threads for the memory"

Ive only got short stories at the minute. they all started off as novels and then i ended up re editing them into shorts.

ive heard its better to get published in the states and imported over here. Brian Lumley did that i think?

well she paid for the privilage.

Compile all your short stories into one book. Be very careful with the states, though - I've learnt from experience. I signed a 7-year contract, such a stupid thing to do now I look back on it as a large publisher here after waiting over a year suddenly expressed their interest and it was too late. I know roughly how many copies friends and family have yet on my royalty statement it stated quite a number less to say the least. Also the law is different and often because we are in this country most of the marketing is left to the Author. Obviously there are good companies but most of them appear to be subsideries of companies based in this country. It's one of those things - we learn by our mistakes.