about me

Think the profile pic says alot about me...just love apeing around...happily married for over 30 years and got four kids who somehow think they are adults...but I know I'm not old enough to be the parent of an adult, but I also know I was there at the births...says alot about me does that :-)
All my adult life has been dedicated to the welfare of children and ensuring they get the best service possible from me and the professional groups that are supposd to represent them...I hope between all the adults we did a good job, but at the same time just know some kids got sold short by the system.
I adore my family. My husband, kidsand grandchildren are the most important thing in life to me.
I love writing as well and have written some poetry that I have never been 'brave' enough to even think about having published...but my first novel...well, that's different because it's a story that needs to be told and I've known that for many years, it's just taken me a long time to get round to doing something about it. You see, I believe the criminal justice system in our country can be so very wrong...how can a group of grown ups decide if a child has or has not been 'harmed enough' to warrent a payout? And multiple abuse? Well, it appears sometimes that doesn't count...but it does to me. So I guess the biggest thing to know about me is that I care passionately about kids and the importance of a childhood...happily I'm still living mine even though I'm fortunate enough to be grandmother.
Thank you for taking the time to read this...good luck with your books if you are budding authors and, if you are avid readers...I hope one day you will be reading my work.

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favourite books

Anything by Catherine Cookson for romantic escapism...books like My East End by Gilda O'Niel for insights into our recent history...Dead famous; Inconvincible and High Society by Ben Elton for a laugh...but my all time absolute cry laughing book was the Wrong Boy by Willy Russell.

I try to read all books from anyone who reads mine...if you don't back mine it doesn't mean I won't back yours...if it good, it's good and that's what gets my support.

As I work very long shifts I don't have huge amounts of time on this site...oh for more hours in the day! So, though I try to leave a comment, sometimes I will just back without one due to time constraints, apologies for that, but at least you know I liked your book enough to support you and that I wish you luck with getting published.

***Book cover designed with many thanks by Bradley Wind

*** Thank you everyone who has backed and awarded stars under the new system. I am trying to catch up with reading new books and checking over all the books I have backed since being on this site and giving stars to you all. Lets hope this new system works. Good luck with getting to the desk. :-)

*****I am busy catching up on books in my WL. I am leaving any books I back on my shelf for minimum 1 week, though they will probably remain there for a month at a time. If I've said I will shelf you please allow time for me to do this :-)

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