Well I've been busy for the last couple of weeks, here's what I've been involved with:
If you want to belong to a creative centre, to meet, interact and maybe even collaborate with other string pluckers. I know just the place:
http://zingingstrings.com/forum/phpBB3/index.php
Zingingstrings is a forum project that we have started as a kind of drop-in centre. It is packed with ideas,help,guidance,feedback and fun for guitarists (and other string players) of any level.
Whether you want help with the basics of playing, songwriting, recording, to show off your skills and receive feedback on your work; or just to interact and exchange ideas with other musicians, you can find it here.
Everything is free, you only have to register. Once you are registered and we know who you are, you will also receive access to our free audio/video chat facility. This is fast becoming a valuable resource to our musicians. Many sessions of instruction take place in here, projects are born ideas exchanged and alot of fun is had by all that use it!....even if you just want to chat with others or be entertained by some of our more experienced players.
Hope you'll pop over and register soon.
It's truely a place for all people that want to make music!
In May of this year I was a bit bored. Whilst walking past the tiny music shop in our town, I made a passing comment to my other half and said "I used to play the guitar a bit". So in we went and out I came with my first new guitar. Got home and realised I couldn't remember a thing about playing a guitar 
Five months down the line I now have 5 guitars, an Alesis Multimix and a microphone!, why because I joined a guitar forum LOL. After posting my first attempt at recording (a bit of crappy strumming recorded direct to my pc) friends on there said "Yeah, so where's the vocals?". At this point I protested loudly and said "OH NO WAY.....I DON'T SING!" I've never sung loud enough to anything so that anyone else can hear.
To cut a long story short after much encouragement (or was it bullying?) 8 weeks ago I recorded some vocals, and the encouragement and feedback that has followed from them has been enormous. I've joined in with a collaboration, and my most recent recording (The Lesson) is from lyrics written by another forum member, which I put to music.
Getting over nerves and self doubt has been a major hurdle for me. I still can't sing in front of anybody (not even my hubby) but that's a goal I hope to achieve! I'd love to just be able to pick up a guitar and sing a song to somebody.
So in a nutshell:
Playing the guitar 5 months
Singing(?) and recording for 8 weeks
This is what I've done so far:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=739181
(click link above, then click "music" on the right hand menu to see all my songs)
Any tips on playing, recording or indeed improving my singing would be greatly appreciated. Singing "Far Far Away" is also an option LOL.
But all in all, I'm having such great fun with all of this and it's all thanks to great people in the music community. With other peoples help and support we can all achieve something we didn't expect to be able to do.
Thanks for reading,
Witchy
