Me on ITV!

Today I had my interview with Claire Manning for ITV West Country News, I loved it. I was being interviewed to talk about my official Cancer Research UK single 'It wasn't Meant to be'.

We filmed at the studio where we recorded the song, it was a funny experience having to re-enact it for the camera! I particularly liked the close up shot of my heels!

Me, Claire Manning & Matt the camera man!

It should be aired in the next couple of days, I will keep you posted as soon as I know more.

I found it a really enjoyable experience, hopefully I can do lots more TV to promote the song for Cancer Research - the next goal is getting on This Morning!

Work hard, & keep chasing your dreams!

@steffiemarie28

Chocolate Temptation

As promised for my next blog, here is one of my poems that I have submitted to Graffiti Magazine in the hope of being published. It is called 'Chocolate Temptation'. This is one of my poems I am really proud of as it was my first ever attempt at alliteration. So here it is...

You would sing to me your seductive song

I would dance with you in your dreamy delight

You would be my comfort and cure my cravings

I would drink your deadly double dose

you would smother my heart with your smooth caress

I would lose myself in your lustful lure

You would tease me with your tempting aroma

I would taste you with my tingling tongue

You would persist with your pleasurable intrusion

I would surrender to your sweet temptation

This is basically an argument between me and myself. One part of me is tempting me to have chocolate while the other part of me is trying to resist it, but in the end I always give in to it's temptation.

I will keep you posted on how I get on with having it published...fingers crossed!!

Keep chasing your dreams!

@steffiemarie28

Where do I start...

Right now I have loads of great things happening for me, so here goes...
In my last blogg I mentioned that my campaign regarding my new single for Cancer Research UK was getting some media attention. Well, yesterday I received a phone call from Claire Manning from ITV West Country news saying she wants to film me on Monday to talk about my campaign...exciting!
Also next week my story will appear in The North Devon Journal and has had some interest from local paper The Gazette. I have just received the new mix of my single which will be available on iTunes in the next couple of weeks.

If your wondering whats happening with my writing projects...
'James And The Dragon' is a work in progress and is my childrens fantasy novel, it is developing everyday. I'm hoping to have a sample from my first chapter to post soon!
I'm still waiting for a response from Graffiti Magazine to see if they want to publish one of my poems.
'Teddies Tales' is another work in progress. It is a collection of short tales about Teddies adventures and his friends Mouse, Dolly and The Farmyard Family.

On my next blogg I will post one of my poems that I am trying to have published.

Work hard and see the results
Keep chasing your dreams!

@steffiemarie28

In the spotlight....

Last week was an amazing week which ended with lots of possibilties. My story about raising money for Cancer Research UK with my song is going to appear in North Devon Journal in the next two weeks. As well as that I have had interest from local radio stations who want me to send them my song. But last weeks biggest accomplishment was receiving a direct email from Claire Manning from West Country News who is interested in taking on my story! As if all this isn't exciting enough, yesterday I had the chance to record my song in the studio with the help from local musician Chris Millington.



 

Laying down the vocals

I had loads of fun and definitely want to do more of this! My charity song 'It Wasn't Meant To Be' will be available to buy on iTunes very soon, all proceeds going to Cancer Research UK.
If you work hard at what you want, it will happen for you!
Keep chasing your dreams!

@steffiemarie28

Adding some Cello

What a Week!

I am having a very interesting week. In my last blog I briefly mentioned I was writing a song in order to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Well the song has been written and I have being doing loads of social networking to promote it, including contacting the local radio stations and newspapers, some of which have responded. I have also become a registered fundraiser for Cancer Research UK.

Today I had the added bonus of being offered help to record my song, which is going to happen on Sunday 22nd July...I'm very excited!!

I am proving to myself that if you put your mind to something and put in the hard work things happen.

Keep chasing your dreams!

Chasing Dreams

So here I am chasing my dreams. I have made a decision to stop talking about the things I want to do, but instead to just get up and do it. So here are a few projects I am working on at the moment...
My first love of course is music, I am half of folk/rock duo Despite Water which I'm really enjoying. We have started getting gigs and loving writing our own songs, I am currently working on a song that I am hoping will raise money for cancer research.
Writing songs has also given me a new love for writing just about anything, from poems to short stories to a complete novel, so here are my writing projects...
'James And The Dragon' is a work in progress, it is a childrens fantasy novel which was inspired by my 7 year old son.
Poetry; I have started submitting my work to magazines to be published...havn't been successful yet but I believe it will happen,
I am also entering writing competitions for poems and short stories etc. My last entry was for a haiku competition. Winners for this will be announced next month...fingers crossed!
I will keep you updated on the progress of all my work on my blogs. You can also keep up with me on twitter @steffiemarie28 and check out my facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/DespiteWater
Keep chasing your dreams!!!