So you want to write a book?
When I was a fifteen, I wanted to go to University and be a writer. You have massive dreams when you’re a child. Unfortunately my own choices led me in another direction and ultimately down a path of tedious jobs and a miserable marriage. Then I broke free!!! In 2011 I graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with a 1 st class honours degree and even won the McGraw Hill outstanding achievement award. There was no stopping me now, three decades on I was back on track! You’re never too old! On the 26 th December 2011, after reading Wuthering Heights for the hundredth time over Christmas, I decided to fulfil my other life ambition – I began to write again. By September my first draft was completed. I had a number of highly critical people read my book as I produced it and was elated at their response. They loved the characters and what’s more asked questions as to what was likely to happen in the sequel. Job done, I thought. How wrong I was!! I did have a bit of ...