Current Mood: Esctatic

The final version of ‘Against the Clock’ was emailed to me the other day… it’s been sent to the printers and I should have a copy of it either just before Christmas or between Christmas and the New Year.

I’m extremely pleased, the feeling of having achieved something, even though it’s minute and only a few of my pieces are being published I’m still extremely pleased. I’m definitely chuffed that some of my stuff is going to be published but I’m also really pleased that it was for a good cause.

A snip it from Against The Clock will probably explain things better than I can.

On Friday 12th October 2007, sixteen members of The Grail Internet writing group – plus one couple’s two children – spent many of the hours between noon and midnight writing as many stories and poems as possible, based on 100 prompts posted that morning.

This followed a period of sponsor-seeking via the new-fangled (‘Just Giving’ websites)

and the old-fashioned (pen and paper) methods that ultimately raised over £3,000 in donations for this year’s selected charity, The Alzheimer’s Society.

Full information on the effects of Alzheimer’s, and other forms of dementia, is available on the charity’s website at:

This Collection, chosen from the 269 stories and poems written in that 12-hour writing marathon, is dedicated to all those lost to, or suffering from, Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia.

The book is only small, about 100 pages but it’s filled with some really beautiful writing.

8 pieces of my poetry is in Against The Clock. I have just added them to Escaped Emotions, click the links below to read them.

1. Forget all I want to Remember
2. Lost In Thoughts
3. Left to pick up the Pieces
4. Stare Future in the Eyes
5. Fading Memories
6. Pull Me In
7. Sleepless Night
8. Waiting for a Beginning

Happy Holidays!

With love,
Olivia

I have been a bit neglectful with Escaped Emotions… Letters To You has been taking up most of my time, and I got a bit stuck writing wise… I seem to have lost my muse.

However I have been around and I’ve been tweaking things today, nothing major really but I will add a few more poems before the weekend.

I was away in Mauritius for two weeks, I thought it might inspire me but alas all I got was a few rough words. I keep picking up a pen or getting notepad open to write something, I know what I want to write, I have all these ideas but I can’t seem to let the gates open and allow the words out… I’m a bit stuck.

But I do have some older poems from a month or two ago, I didn’t add them because they were written for a marathon I participated in sometime ago… it was in aid of the disease called Alzheimer’s - my Grandfather died of it so it was close to home. It was a 12 hour marathon, I resulted in 22 pieces which were written in 6 hours rather than 12, simply because I was bogged down by general life matters.
Along with everyone else who participated in it we ended up with 250+ pieces… a collection of them are going to be be published in this book, the money we make from the book is going to Alzheimer’s… so it’s a good cause.

But I’ve been editing my poems for the book… I find it extremely tricky to tweak things, I can never stand far back enough to see clearly, it’s so tricky. Deadline for it is Friday so I have to get cracking! I’ll add the finished ones to Escaped Emotions this weekend… however I’m going to add the poems that should be going in the book, not sure exactly how many are going in but 8 poems have enough votes (other writers voted on what poems should be added) to be published.

Note: These are not the finished poems, just roughly written. Feel free to comment on which one/ones you like best…

(Click the link below to read the poems)

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