Perth Writers Festival...

Sometimes you need someone close to you to point out the obvious.  My partner was recently reading through the weekend paper when he alerted me to the Perth Writers Festival.  To be honest I didn't pay much attention - it being in Perth and me being in Port Hedland.  But he insisted I have a look and quite rightly pointed out that if this is really what I want to do then I should be going to things like this festival.

Now being a mum to a 3 year old and 5 year old I really don't need that much encouragement to have a weekend away by myself.  But I really did struggle with the idea of going to a writers festival because there would be, like, real authors there, and real publishers, and real...people who write things. 

I did start to have a good look at the festival outline though and sure enough, there was a workshop on children's books and another on how to get published (one of my next big goals).  So I am going this weekend and although a bit nervous I am really looking forward to it.  If it isn't right for me then I will have the hard job of consoling myself by visiting the gallery and going shopping with perhaps a coffee or two thrown in.  If it is - well it will be one more step on this very exciting journey!