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Hi everyone Thankyou for all your heartfelt and kind words they mean alot, my sister is doing better now taking each day as it comes the funeral was about 2 weeks ago and since then her and her group of friends have to decided to remember her friend by sponsoring a 12 year old girl in Africa. Marian I'm so glad to hear you are enjoying your job good luck with your exams next month.

Sponsoring a 12-year-old girl in Africa sounds like a great way to remember a lost friend. :hug to your sister, Midnight.

What a wonderful gesture those girls have made, Midnight. Very mature and thoughtful for their age. And what a nice legacy for their friend.

I thought that was SO sweet. It made me get a lump in my throat. How very nice.

I agree - a perfect memorial!

That is so sweet of them to do! That way they will remember their friend by doing something in memory of and will help a girl in need!

Lovely idea. When a child is sponsored, the whole village is included - and I like that. Creative writing school this weekend. My classes are being run by Catherine Fitzgerald; she received an OSCAR nom in 2005 for "Two Cars, One Night" so I am looking forward to working with her. There is a max of 12 in the class, but there is not that many, so she has decided to tailor her lectures to our individual needs and likes. And so .... it begins!! (my writing career that is) :cool:

Your creative writing classes sound very interesting, Marian. I hope you'll enjoy them and learn a lot from them.

How exciting Marian. Let us know how the class goes.

I have just come from the Welcome function and I have to say, I am :breakdance really excited - and a little sad I offered to do 2 hrs at the B&B (hubby is away and cant help, and she is now booked out from thur to mon nights - still more work for me on Mon & Tues). But I have also had the opportunity to meet other aspiring writers who are doing screen writing (like me) short novels and writing for children. It is also nice to know that the creative writing school has been working for the last 30 years. NZ Novelist Christine Johnston gave the welcoming address and had postiive and cautionary advise to give. Back Sunday and Monday to let you know how it went.

I absolutely loved my Creative Writing minor at Uni - not least for the opportunity to meet and discuss our work with some wonderful writers. The highlight was Maya Angelou . Her poem 'Still I Rise' has stayed with me ever since......here's the link, if you're interested: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/still-i-rise/ Marian, all good vibes for your classes and I hope you'll share some of your work with us :hug

I got to hear Maya Angelou speak at a Readers' Theater Conference at the Community College I attended. She autographed a copy of her book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings for me. What a wonderful, generous spirited and creative woman she is. I admire he very much. She was on one of our morning shows about two months ago and even as an older woman is quite a dynamo. Marian keep us updated and share.

I have a discussion topic. One that has been driving me and my friend insane and for once we completely disagree. I'd love to see what other's have to say. Okay, here is the outline. Middle of a war, teens running around hiding from the enemy. Two of which are in an on again off again relationship and are sexually active with each other, or were. The boy of the relationship is separated from the group, he is alone for six days waiting for the Kiwi soldiers he has been showing round to return. They don't and on the sixth day, he comes across a doctor who tells him his parents have been murdered. Ever since the beginning of the war this boy has done everything with the hope he is going to help them. He now has four kids under ten to look after when the war is over and he is barely 17. Group reunites. Girl of the relationship, who is always the one to call it off, realises 'Hey, he's totally cute, I want him again' and decides she is going to try and get back with him when he is explaining to her how his refugee parents arrived in Australia. When she tries, he gets up and leaves the room. After a failed attack on the enemy, the group find themselves hiding out in a house. The girl wakes and finds herself alone in the treehouse they are using as a sentry post with the boy, who is asleep and 'disturbed and restless looking'. She can't resist kissing him. Things get a little more heated but just as they get too heated she decides she wants out. This pisses the boy off and he grunts 'Thanks for nothing'. And is generally really annoyed that she stopped. The debate is, can he be passed off as a jerk and a waste of time; or is there other factors involved that can work in his favour. My friend and I are polar opposites in opinions on this and I'd like to see what other's make of it. =>

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