He replied!

Within 40 minutes of my sending him the email quoted in the last blog GP Taylor replied!

I hate the word but I was GOBSMACKED.

I have emailed several well known writers over the last few weeks and not heard from any of them. Yet I got this back from him straight away:-

I certainly will [pray for you].

You have God and Yorkshire on your side...

I have decided to step out in faith today as a writer and publisher. This came about because I took delivery of the Writers and Artists Yearbook on Saturday. Audrey spied it and said I should set up in business as soon as possible so that such purchases come under the business account.

I prayed about this and felt that God was saying that now is the time.

Does this mean I have found my way home? I don't know yet. As I said in my very first blog only God knows that.

Keeping reading and find out with me.

Goodbye Mr Ruskin. Hello Brook House Enterprises

I have had to say goodbye to the MA Course at the Ruskin Centre.

To be honest, I struggled with it all last year. There was my depression, then family problems with dad, the boys and finally me.

My not having a job now means that I have no income and my inability to concentrate for long has meant that I would find it very difficult to cope with the workload. So, citing the above as reasons, I have departed the course.

This meant that I was no longer entitled to the counselling I was getting at the University, as I would no longer be a member of it. But I felt it was time to finish that anyway. I am ready to spread my wings and become what I know I am: a writer.

On Wednesday I spent an hour and a half with a Business Consultant at HSBC in Kendal talking over my ideas. He thought they were sound and so I am going to become a sole trader working as Brook House Enterprises.

Brook House Enterprises will have two active arms: Brook House Publishing bringing hope to the world through the English language and Brook House Properties building the Kingdom of God in Ingleton.

Watch this space.