Okay, not the most exciting picture! But the bad news I was alluding to in the last post was that I was given notice of redundancy last week – just before my birthday weekend – so rude – I had to drink even more prosecco and cocktails to support my emotional wellbeing! Anyway, if I believed in signs it came just as I had finished writing my book, which I started the end of March. People keep saying that it is amazing that I have written a book in 3 months – I guess we will see when I send it out to publishers, and find out if what I have written so quickly is quality as well. eekkkkkkk. Back to the picture, my walk to work over the last – nearly 11 years, involves walking past a lake and over some wasteland, through a cemetery, onto a main road and then to work. I come back from my Jersey weekend, walking to work thinking about all the changes going off and I am faced with the above before the wasteland! My normal way to work – blocked!! I am not a massive believer in signs but I cannot ignore the obvious signs that my life path needs to change!
So to my plan; I will hopefully find out at the end of next week if I am for the chop. Then I will go from Library Assistant to out of work writer! Since I feel I am being given the opportunity, I am going to give my writing career a good old go and see what happens, in the meantime I have bills to pay, so erm… anyone got a job lol. I plan to temp until my lovely plans next feb to go to New Zealand. I am planning book three to be based in New Zealand. I have to base some of book two in Jersey – I promised a friend to plan a ‘murder in Jersey’!
On the first book front I have started hopefully the last edit with my amazing editing friends – they will definitely be entitled to a free meal or two for the help. Unless I become a bestseller then I might stretch to meal and a drink with my tastecard lol. Still have plans to send out mid July if I can crack on with the edit. So watch this space folks the journey is about to get a little bit choppy!!!!
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After living in various parts of the UK, including Wakefield, York, Derby, and the Yorkshire Dales, I now live in Nottinghamshire on a Narrowboat. I enjoy reading, writing, travelling, walking, kayaking, watching all forms of motorbike racing and socialising (networking).
At the beginning of my writing journey, I started a blog which tracks the ups and downs of writing, trying to get published and self-publishing. I need to mention that my blog posts are usually visited by ‘Brackets’!
My fantasy series, Festival of Time is now complete with the publication of Book Three: Battle in November 2022 which now joins, Festival of Time: Book Two: Rescue, and Festival of Time: Book One: Escape. Click ‘books’ on my website to find out more and follow me on social media for updates - I love chatting with readers and authors.
In 2021 I signed a digital publishing contract with Saga Fiction and now have three stories published on their app and Power of Nature is my latest thriller/mystery novel to be published by Saga Fiction and is available on Kindle and Kobo. Another story is coming in 2023.
I am part of a wonderful writing group in Newark: Fosseway Writers and I have a story in The Brinwade Chronicles, which is a collection of 28 Gothic stories by 13 writers. I’ve also contributed to a Fosseway collaborate novel, Burning Old School Ties and our latest anthology, Blood, Sweat and Typewriters They are all available on Amazon. We are working on our project for 2023.
In February 2019 I was lucky enough to travel to New Zealand. During my time there I wrote a journal about our bucket list 43-day adventure. This has now been turned into a travel guide: 187 Kilometres, turn left - now available on Amazon.
A Christmas Wish, is my third self-published story, which came to life after I’d published a Game of Souls in December 2018. My short story, A night lost to the past, won third place in the Newark Book Festival 2018 writing competition, which was run by the Fosseway Writers group. This was well received, and many readers asked me to develop and expand the story. A Christmas Wish and A night lost to the past have now been reedited and have been published with Saga Fiction.
Current projects:
SagaFiction : One novel currently in editing / Short-story for an Anthology in progress.
Fosseway project 2023 : Writing about buildings in Newark - I'm planning to write about St Mary Magdalene Church.
I'm very excited to start rewriting my psychological series, which will hopefully be published in 2023!
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Could be the catalyst you need, go for it girl!!
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Thanks Steve. Just a bit more pressure to make it a success but i am going to give it a good go! 🤨
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