The Lady' Is A Piddling Little Magazine

I Think Everyone Can Recognize The One-upmanship And The Competition That Go On Wherever You Are, Especially Among Groups Where The Women Don't Have To Hold Down Office Jobs And Instead Get In A Total Snit About Who Won The Longest Carrot Contest Or Took First Prize For Summer Chutney In The August Fete.

I Do Not Think That Having Children - I Have Three Teenagers - Keeps You Young. The Reverse. It Thrusts You Into A Full-frontal Confrontation With Your Own All-too-obvious Maturity.

I'm Worried About Looking Like A Bad Person When, In Fact, I Try To Be A Good Person. I Don't Like The Public Image That I've Been Dressed With And It Worries Me.

It's Very Hard To Self-motivate Without Someone Standing Over You Snarling, Ready To Hurl The Chalk At Your Head At The Slightest Slackening.

Don't Worry About Never Having Time To Write. Just Write What You Can In The Time You Do Have And Give Yourself A Big Clap On The Back, Followed By A Double Latte And A Blueberry Muffin.