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Well today is the day - PUBLICATION DAY.  The day I have dreamt of for about three decades. To be fair to the publishing world, it’s not three decades of trying but rather three decades of intermittent dreaming and ‘ if onlys.’ I began writing Beyond the Past on the 26 th December 2011 after reading Wuthering Heights for I don’t know how many times. I never get tired of Cathy and Heathcliff. When I started writing I never intended for the book to be a crime book. There were only two things I was certain of – the main character would be female, strong, independent and called Annie and rugby league would feature in it. I had no plan, no idea where the story was going… but I loved every minute of writing it. It took nine months to finish my first draft. I enlisted the help of my sister who read the chapters as I produced them.   I was often told off for being on facebook instead of writing!! Once edited, I researched all the available websites and was overwhe...

A crazy but ecstatic start to the week…. Monday Today I physically got my hands on MY first book, hopefully with many more to come. The poor parcel man must have thought I was crazy (well, first impressions are usually correct!). I was beyond excited, I had goose bumps. It had taken me from the 9 th September 2011, when I finished the manuscript, until Monday the 11 th January 2014 to actually see the project come together. The persistence had paid off and although it was a hard slog, I almost gave up a couple of times, I have loved the whole experience of it.   This is absolutely what I want to do. Just for today, I allowed myself some time off. I was feeling nostalgic but not in a morbid or negative way. I found myself driving to a place that heavily featured in my school childhood days and my first marriage – Roundhay Park. It wasn’t to lay any ghosts to rest or wallow in what could have been but to reflect on how far I’d come in spite of everything that had c...