Well, today I am feeling enormously happy and excited because the first particpants on my Online Programme in Creative Writing for Personal Development, Health and Well-Being have come to the end of the course and have been sharing some of their thoughrs and reflections about their process of writing, exploration and discovery.

There is always a sadness for me too when I come ot the end of working with a lovely group of people. But most of all I feel happy to share in their pride at their achievements, the things that they have discovered along the way and, of course, their writing.

This year, I’ve had the privilege of working with a particularly amazing group of people. It has been so good to see how they have supported and encouraged one another in the writing process, with such generosity.  I know that they will all go on to use their regular creative practice in many exciting and nourishing ways.

I have also just discovered that one of the course participants, Mary Potter, has won a short story competition. Many congratulations, Mary!

And then today I was delighted to read Eric Carr’s blog, in which he shares ‘A Midnight Poem about Making,’ one of the beautiful poems that he wrote on the course, and his thoughts about writing it. Eric is a hypnotherapist in Tucson, Arizona. I am so happy that he has chosen to share his work and process with a wider audience.

The wonderful people I work with using writing are a constant inspiration to me. Today, I am particularly thankful and grateful for this work that I am so privileged to do.