Fibro Fog

I have Fibromyalgia, it’s a condition which affects people differently. One of the ways it affects me is in my writing in that in the morning often my head is very woolly, my thinking is very woolly and I find it difficult to express myself. Medical experts call this Fibro Fog and it dulls my creativity, I don’t know if I’ll ever be free of this. I’ve had it now for about 6-years and it makes my life very difficult. Right at the beginning, I had to stop work because I couldn’t cope. I’m gradually getting better at coping with the symptoms but it still affects my life in many ways.

My ambition is to write a novel not just one but many. I’m starting small, by writing short stories, blogs and I’m researching a novel about a smuggler in the West Country in the 18th century. I’m also writing poetry which I quite enjoy as it’s very short and suits my attention span in a way because I can quickly knock out a poem and depending on how I feel it can be done quite quickly.

I’ve joined some writing websites, The Prose and Medium.com. I’m on Twitter @andrew_westcott and facebook.com/andrew.westcott58. I’m going to be starting my author website shortly where I will be writing blogs. I’ve started a crowdfunding page on Patreon http://bit.ly/2ljwF6O to help me cover the costs of indie publishing; cover design, editors and proof-reader.

picture from metro.co.uk