As you may well have seen, I have been writing some poetry and posting it on LG.

The following poem was inspired by a visit to the post office, when we went to send off some lamps to another member on here:

There was a very long queue
But what on earth could we do
When there’s not enough staff
They must be having a laugh
It’s a right old mess
At the Post Office

Now it's over to others to add their creative writings 

Hopefully I’ll get some time this week to sit down and contribute. Right now I got NUTHIN.

Sammi is amazingly creative, she's not only writing poetry, but has more than one book on the go plus a daily journal. Not to mention learning the mandolin and programming in Python (although not all at the same time  )

I get worn out just looking at her sometimes  

There was a very long queue
But what on earth could we do
When there’s not enough staff
They must be having a laugh
It’s a right old mess
At the Post Office

You seem to have visited the Post office in our town...?

The latest bit of writing that I'm undertaking is a science fiction novel. I have written nearly 10,000 words since I started at the beginning of the month.  

The latest bit of writing that I'm undertaking is a science fiction novel. I have written nearly 10,000 words since I started at the beginning of the month.  

And at least one person on LG (not me..!) is a character in it 

Ria mentioned that I was writing the book to an author, whose mailing list she's on. He replied, wishing me good luck.  

In her next email, she asked him if he would like to read the first chapter. He replied that he would...  

I sent it off, and awaited a reply, which came through a couple of days later. He enjoyed it.!  

He said that it was fun, lively and inventive, and to carry on going as he sees potential in the story line.

To get encouragement like this from a professional author is more than I could ever hope for.  

I've tried writing stories and TV program scripts, but I run out of ideas before I can finish the storyline. 

The ideas are still coming with me, this book is nearing 40,000 words, and another one that's just for Ria and myself is knocking on the door of 200,000.!

The journal that I've been keeping since the 11th of January 2016 is over a million words long now.! 

Ria mentioned that I was writing the book to an author, whose mailing list she's on. He replied, wishing me good luck.  

In her next email, she asked him if he would like to read the first chapter. He replied that he would...  

I sent it off, and awaited a reply, which came through a couple of days later. He enjoyed it.!  

He said that it was fun, lively and inventive, and to carry on going as he sees potential in the story line.

To get encouragement like this from a professional author is more than I could ever hope for.  

The only criticism he had was that some of the punctuation needed work, but that's nothing an editor couldn't deal with if/when it gets to a publisher. Praise indeed  

Here's another poem that I wrote yesterday.  

This morning we finally got
A parcel that the postie brought
It’s the biggest bulb we’ve got
And boy does it get hot
It really is a wonderful sight
Our Atlas 2,000 watt light

I was also inspired to write one about sending the first chapter of my book to the author. 

There’s an author that we follow
He’s a really amenable fellow
Ria asked him to read my book you see
Him saying yes has filled me with glee
His praise left me high as a kite
It has been an utter delight
And he’s said to have a look
At the New Hart’s Rules book

Last week we changed our ISP, so here's another poem:

We have a new t’interweb provider
The make of router was the decider
With Sky everything was tied down
Which did make us really frown
Zen has supplied us with a Fritz!box
Now that’s a router that rocks

And another for you to enjoy: 

John from Inverness paid us a call
From him we got a lighting haul
He really does deserve our thanks.
Various  wattages of Mercury lamps 
And SOX to feed our lanterns         
We hope that he soon returns

The ideas are still coming with me, this book is nearing 40,000 words, and another one that's just for Ria and myself is knocking on the door of 200,000.!

I've carried on with the writing, which is one if the reasons I haven't been very active in the site.
Adventures of a Space Munky is now at nearly 55,000 words with four quite long chapters completed and a fifth under way. 
I'm just waiting for new ideas to come to me. 

Lovely works mandolin girl! I've never had the juice for poetry, though I do enjoy reading it. I have several "manuscripts" though for future novels.