The Other Me
‘The Lurking Shadow’ v. I threw myself into my editing. This was where I needed to be now: setting up my life, doing whatever it took. Because of Allie’s concerns with my socialising, I’d unwittingly cut off the bulk of my friends. Now it was just me and my back room. My bosses loved me and were supportive and encouraging. When I was with the job placement agency, Martina explained that some employers might have a problem with my issues with anxiety and depression. Not here. My authors also liked me, although I felt like an impostor. I was sure sooner or later somebody would turn around and tell the…
The Other Me
‘The Lurking Shadow’ ii. Although I’d graduated at the end of 2008, I re-enrolled in just the one class in 2009 – the Novel class again, because I thought it would help to keep writing. In 2007 I’d adapted one of my screenplays into a novel. In 2008, I’d gotten twenty thousand words into another adaptation. I thought being in the Novel class would push me to keep going. I also went back, on a volunteer basis, to work with the school’s publisher, although this was standard – former students returned to oversee projects that had carried on from one year to the next, and to help oversee and mentor…