James,
Annedroyd.com was taken when I registered at 123 Reg, so I took annedroyd.co.uk instead. I'll take another look. By the way, if you do want to help on the web site front (ie design one for me), Gareth Preston has said he would be happy to hand over duties to anyone who wants to spend more time on it. Cheers Gareth!
I understand how a learning disability can slow one down. At school I was deemed "a bit slow" by my teachers (much to my mother's annoyance). My desire to be a writer was fed and developed when I signed up to The Writers Bureau correspondence course. You pay something like £200.00 (might be a bit more now) and each assignment is designed to be turned into a piece of work for submission to editors. I signed up to the course in 1996 and I still haven't completed and received my diploma - partly because I have too many writing projects on the go, and partly because I'm slow at working on assignments (though if it's something I'm interested in, like my most recent novel, I can knock it out swiftly!). I have two books to my name, both published by a reputable company. I'm now on the search for an agent and pitching my latest work.
Reading your email, I wouldn't ever have suspected that you had learning difficulties. It reads fluently, you communicate yourself well. With fiction, you need to understand how to plot and structure your story. You need to know your characters (write little biographies for them) and you need to know how the work should be presented. If all this is in order, you could be up to publishable standard.
Good ideas are not enough to get published. You need good ideas, a bit of flair with your writing style, and know how to approach publishers in a professional manner.
It took me ten years to get there. I have confidence that you could get there too.
Will.
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