Pleased to meet you!

[Lisa Holden]

Hi Everyone,

It's great to be here. I hope I can contribute to the community, and hone my craft. I recently completed my first novel (a fantasy for MG readers) and am beginning work on the sequel. I've been writing for a long time, but hadn't a clue about plot and the mechanics of story. Hopefully, that's starting to change!

 

[Marc Joan]

Welcome! I note you're from Amsterdam -- have you come across the Athenaeum Niuewscentrum and / or the Amsterdam activities of Structo magazine, which seem to be linked to that shop? Collaboration with Peer magazine | Structo

 

[David Newrick]

Pleased to meet you too Lisa!

Welcome and hope to see you around the colony.

 

[Lisa Holden]

Welcome! I note you're from Amsterdam -- have you come across the Athenaeum Niuewscentrum and / or the Amsterdam activities of Structo magazine, which seem to be linked to that shop? Collaboration with Peer magazine | Structo

Hi Marc, nice to meet you. Sorry to say no, I haven't! I do know the Athenaeum shop, but hadn't heard of Structo magazine. Must go and find out. Thanks for mentioning it.

 

[Lisa Holden]

Pleased to meet you too Lisa!

Welcome and hope to see you around the colony.

Thanks David!

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Hello If you've been reading for a long time, I wouldn't worry. You'll have absorbed a lot of the mechanics by osmosis

 

[Lisa Holden]

Hi Katie, I love osmosis! I think we actually know far more than we think we do, if we only allow ourselves to tap into that knowledge.

 

[Lex Black]

Welcome to the Colony!

 

[Lisa Holden]

Welcome to the Colony!

Thank you Lex!

 

[Boopadoo]

Hello and welcome!

 

[Lisa Holden]

Hi there Boopadoo!

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Welcome! You'll find lots of support and help here!

 

[Peggy Lou]

Welcome.

 

[Lisa Holden]

Welcome! You'll find lots of support and help here!

Thank you Robinne. I'm looking forward to being a part of the colony.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Welcome to the Colony.

 

[Lisa Holden]

Welcome.

Thank you Peggy Lou.

 

[Lisa Holden]

Welcome to the Colony.

Thanks Paul, it's good to be here.

 

[Les of Edith Weston]

Another welcome - some great help will come your way - I've had some great pointers in the short time I've been on here. Enjoy and be fulfilled

 

[Lisa Holden]

Another welcome - some great help will come your way - I've had some great pointers in the short time I've been on here. Enjoy and be fulfilled

Thanks Les. It's good to be among like-minded people. I hope I'll be able to offer help and support in return

 

[KG Christopher]

Hi Lisa, our Flash forums are a good place to hang out in, to see how others deal with a prompt.

 

[Lisa Holden]

Hi KG Christopher. Thanks for the tip. I'll have a look. By the way, in the London books thread, I read you used to box. I began taking lessons a month ago. I'm not great when it comes to coordination, but I love how I feel after a class. It really clears my head, especially after spending hours a day behind a computer.

 

[KG Christopher]

Boxing is a beautiful sport. It's just as much about inner core stability & balance. I am a software architect by profession, so I understand your desire to move away from a computer on a daily basis.

 

[Lisa Holden]

Funny thing is, I hadn't a clue about boxing until recently. I'd never even watched a fight, let alone realized that it's (as a commentator said recently) a kind of 3D chess game. I really like feeling agile and quick (let's face it, at my aage I'm neither, but I can pretend!). Do you still box?

 

[James Marinero]

Hi Lisa and welcome - and plaque on the wall for 'boxing clears the head'

 

[Lisa Holden]

Hi Lisa and welcome - and plaque on the wall for 'boxing clears the head'

Thank you James!

 

[KG Christopher]

No, don't box anymore, but tomorrow, for my sins, I am signing up for an 'extreme CrossFit' course, paying the money to basically be physically abused in a gym. They do things like get you to skip with ankle weights....should be fun?

 

[Lisa Holden]

No, don't box anymore, but tomorrow, for my sins, I am signing up for an 'extreme CrossFit' course, paying the money to basically be physically abused in a gym. They do things like get you to skip with ankle weights....should be fun?

That sounds exciting! How did it go? I see people at our gym doing that kind of training! Do you use kettlebells too? Do you have to do lots of bodyweight exercises too?

 

[Sea-shore]

Warm welcome Lisa. Perhaps you could put up a photo/pic for your profile when you have the time?

 

[Lisa Holden]

Thanks Sea-shore, I've put up a pic

 

[Sea-shore]

Thanks Sea-shore, I've put up a pic

Lovely pic. Very atmospheric scene.