National Writing Day in lockdown

Today is National Writing Day and this year like most things this year it's a bit different. In previous years I've participated in writing workshops and gone to outdoor theatre events.
They say things come in threes and today that was true. Among the emails I received today three were encouraging and all in different ways.
The first related to an Amazon delivery- at last it was on it's way. After ordering a copy of the book some of my poems are included in a few weeks ago I was disappointed when it got lost in transit.

So the email heralding it was finally nearing its destination was warmly received. And a couple of hours later the package arrived. (Deliveries seem to have taken on a special delight over the last few months!)

And it was lovely to open the package to find a book I have contributed to inside. I'm looking forward to reading all the pieces soon.

The second email arrived about an hour later. It was a rejection of a piece of work I had submitted. And while I was disappointed to hear my work wasn't quite what they were looking for  I was touched that the email wasn't just a standard rejection and that the sender had taken the time to provide some constructive feedback on my submission. This is not common practice so it was the best type of rejection to receive.

The third email arrived around another hour later and it was the best one. It was an acceptance of a piece of my work which will be included in an anthology being published later this year. More details to follow.

National Writing Day has been very special in lockdown.