some dos and don'ts for writers' workshops

i: at the nice supper where everyone meets the night before don't finish off yr evenin of red wine with a coffee when yr gnna be sleepin in an unfamiliar bed in a travelodge near a busy clubbin street* and a church clock which strikes on the quarter-hour -- i got to sleep at 6 for an 8.30 wake-up :(
ii: don't assume you can pull off on-screen editing -- i wanted to do a bit of show-and-tell on how to make sluggish writing swift but just found the computer keyb set-up too unhandy

iii: DO prepare enuff material for a 2-day solo workshop when you in fact only have 90 mins as you may leave em wantin more and when you joke abt doin the 2-day workshop they will say (well one of em did) YES I WILL COME TO THAT WHEN IS IT? <--- obvious next step!!

so hurrah i guess! but i am worn out

*swansea princess street on a wednesday night! KICKIN! bizarre...

yikes most lifechanging bday present evah eep&yay

doctrah becky and her lovely boyf just this mornin got final actual real total proper approval* to ADOPT = i may be nuncledubdobdee before year's end k-blimey oreillyXoR ----:0 --:D

*very long stressful and quite strange process