Lizzie Loves ...New Starts

Right here goes...My very first post -a post to mark the start of what will hopefully be an exciting new phase of my life. It's quite fitting really because I feel the same mix of fear, excitement and uncertainty about writing this post as I do about my future.

I mean is there anything more daunting than a blank page?

I have just left my job as a general news reporter at The Westmorland Gazette. It was a tough decision to make but I have to believe my risk will pay off.

Basically, I love writing, although from the disjointed ramblings of this post you might not think it (please ignore any spelling mistakes of commas that are in the wrong place!)

I especially love writing about fashion.

Like most girls my age, deliberating over what to wear on a Saturday night, to work, on a date, to the shops etc is something I devote a great deal of time to. I love reading fashion and celebrity magazines and scrutinising what the stars are wearing; I love scouring the high street and charity shops for bargains; I love watching makeoever TV shows; I love co-ordinating accessories; I love experimenting; I just love clothes.

I am by no means a fashion expert and I don't think I am particularly daring or revolutionary in what I wear. All I know is that I am happiest when I am thinking , writing, discussing and -let's face it-buying clothes.

While working at the Gazette I was lucky enough to have my own fashion page -Lizzie...Loves Fashion. The page, along with a number of fashion-related articles, featured in the paper's fabulous glossy lifestyle magazine Limited Edition.





This link takes you to the latest online edition (My pages are 56 to 58)

http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=&refresh=fN1580qHwR03&EID=d651285f-aa75-40e1-a921-57c589a8e4e4&skip=

The good news is -well for me anyway- Gillian Cowburn, the lovely lady who edits the magazine, is allowing me to keep writing it :-) In fact, it was Gillian who recommended I start a blog, kind of like an online edition of my fashion page.

So there we go...my first post and it wasn't as bad as I thought. When I was writing stories for the Gazette there was nothing worse than staring at a blank page waiting for inspiration to strike. Yet, as soon as I wrote the all-important intro, the rest came easy.

Well my intro is over and the fun fashion stuff awaits!

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