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About Me

Writing is in my blood!

ACT 1

 

My dad was a wordsmith, and Master of the Pun. My mum was an English teacher, prolific letter and memoir writer, and the best teacher I’ve ever had. Lucky me. Thanks to my parents, I’m a passionate reader and writer. It’s my DNA and my every day.

 

Diary writing was the starting point and is still a daily habit. It helped me navigate growing up in a huge family, changing schools seven times, and moving house twenty-six times. It’s been a reliable strategy for coping with change, loss, grief, trauma, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, and life generally, as a highly sensitive person. 

ACT 3

 

Writing and editing submissions, award nominations, and newsletters, for a wide network of volunteers and professionals in the not-for-profit sector, was much more enjoyable.

 

I wrote the first draft of a women’s fiction when my kids were young. Then I discovered songwriting, which I also found gloriously all-consuming. I braved performing my songs at house concerts, folk clubs and festivals but that was too nerve-wracking and my novel inevitably beckoned me back. 

 

My writing room is my happy place. I’m working on my third manuscript, and when it’s ready I’ll send it out to the universe, then get back to editing books one and two.

ACT 2

 

Essays were always my favourite homework. I still haven’t parted with my hard-earned, A-plus efforts from my second best teacher, or my high-distinction assignments from my favourite History lecturer, or my stand out ethics essay from Law school. I’m ever grateful to those three inspiring educators. 

 

I found writing speeches quite thrilling. Debating, public speaking competitions, and moot courts, all held a terrifying appeal at school and uni. Drafting legal opinions was rewarding too, although being a lawyer wasn’t right for me. 

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