The Beginning

You know I've always loved writing! At school my favourite subject was always English, although this is actually my second language and I found it very difficult to learn the order of the alphabet. But once I learnt it, I couldn't be stopped. I used to write poems, taking my little notebooks with me on my summer holidays aged 10, sitting on a Turkish resort balcony looking out I'd write rhyming couplets about fun and sun, the land and sand, trees and bees....

This love of writing led me to start writing a dramatic love story, the days when floppy disks were all the rage, and every night, aged 12 I'd sit down at the gigantic block of a PC and tap away at the keyboard writing about a tragic love of a young lady, a husband who didn't love her and left her alone for days on end in her lonely wooden cabin. A primitive story I concede, but I think it was my creative outlet and a chance to use some of sophisticated words I learnt through my daily reading of books.

       "She lay on the floor, sobbing uncontrollably, her wild unruly hair sticking to her lips  and nose as she thought to herself- this is not the life I wanted..."

I'm afraid to say I don't know where this floppy disk was destined to go, it would be amazing to see the fruits of that 12 year old labour. I didn't finish this masterpiece, school work took over, and essays and coursework took priority, but my love of writing has never diminished so now, my 27 year old self has taken up my life passion once more, and combined with my other big love- animals- to try and publish my very first children's book.

This book aims to teach children not only that dogs, particularly Mister Halo and Mister Flake are the coolest little explorers in the planet, but throws in some useful information which should hopefully lead to more questions and stimulate their inquisitive minds.

So come along and follow me as I share my journey of trying to get my book published, no doubt the struggle will be real, but although I'm now 15 years late in getting the first one off the ground, this time I'm determined- oh and there's no coursework in the way!