I'm a person who's always had problems understanding emotions, and it's created problems for me at work, all my 30-odd years. My technical competence is obvious. So is my emotional incompetence. Between jobs, I write. Toni Morrison said, "If there's a book you want to read, and no one had...

Hello everyone, Like I’ve been posting of late, I’ve hit a bit of a brick wall financially, which has brought a lot of confusion as to the direction I’m meant to take in life. I’m yet to hear back from the agents I’ve submitted my new manuscript to (not the immediate solution, but a...

Hello everyone, hope the New Year is treating you well. Having bid my goodbyes to Yi only yesterday (I was getting waaay co-dependent!:)), then receiving yet another thanks-but-no-thanks job application reply today, I had to come back and ask, ‘Seriously, Yi, why can’t I find a job?’ It’s not...

Hello everyone, It’s been a tough year. Lost a shit*y part-time day job last March, then discovered that my dentist has failed to restore my mouth so spectacularly, I’m now having to sue him. The sales of my books dwindled, so I sold the car in order to pay the bills until I finished my last...

Hi All, I'm pretty new with the IC, and had a "disturbing" reading that really blew all the wind out of "my sails"...:confused: I dedicate a lot to learning on writing (courses, books, actual book sketches etc), with a big dream to someday publish something worthy. I asked the IC "do I have the...