5 - Look and you will find it - What is unsought will go undetected. - Sophocles

Summer has arrived in Melbourne like a chilli bomb and, just like winter, it brings with it the opportunity to be confined to my quarters with nothing to do but write - we've already established domestic duties are no longer on the list haven't we?

So still not totally cured of my aversion to honing my craft with actual writing I took the easier road today of trawling the Internet for motivational sites. And in particular, sites that would magically transform me into the next Margaret Mahy or J.K. Rowling within the next 24-28 hours. (Old habits!)

What I did discover, as you may suspect, was a community of supportive writers who dwell on the Internet in varying stages and phases of their careers. The majority of which confirmed my worst kept fears - that mastering a craft like writing takes about as long as it takes to live. Hmmm. It was like finding a very sensible but loving family.

So when the mercury hits the high notes tomorrow think of me hunched over my keyboard gleaning from those who have cleared a path before me and considering myself extremely lucky to be creating my writing self in the age of information and sharing.