On Saturday I completed my final Wedding as a Wedding Planner under my company Distinctive Weddings, because of the economic climate I was forced to make the difficult decision in September to pull the plug on my dream and close the company.
Today is the first day of the rest of my life and I haven't a notion what I am going to do! In June 2010 I will be out of school 10 years, in that time I lived and worked aboard, traveled the world and had many different jobs and careers. I never thought myself the type of person who would settle and prosper in a 'permanent pensionable job' but now I find myself staring into the future for the first time a little uncertain as to what or which direction to head in now.
Something I always wanted to do was write a book, and while I achieved that goal 2 years ago in writing and having published a book on wedding planning - Distinctive Weddings, Tying the know without the Rope Burns http://www.veritas.ie/?page=search&key=distinctive%20weddings&type=Title it wasn't the type of book I had always dreamed of writing. My dream was to write a novel, something of the chick lit variety. Shortly after making the decision to close Distinctive Weddings I set about starting this project. I am now trying to edit down my book, with the working title "Purple Tulips" and prepare it to send out to agents.
I have already sent it to 2 agents. One in Ireland and One in the UK. I received a rejection from the agent in the UK about 2 weeks ago, ironically not for the chapters I sent them but for my already published book! - Clearly they didn't read my submission - so perhaps that was a lucky escape. I still haven't heard from the agent in Ireland.
I don't know whether or not I have what it takes to make it as an author. I would like to think I have, but there are, I am sure, many out there with the same belief. Time will tell. It writing doesn't work out, I'm going to have to look at other ways to make a living...
what will I do next?
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