I'm taking 2008 as a sabbatical from being a manager and/or a cube farm lackey and trying my luck at this writing malarkey.

My writing interests include all aspects relating to work/life balance, bad bosses, the Tall Poppy Syndrome, book reviews and CHOCOLATE.

My first book has just been published: 'Work/Life Balance for Dummies' (available Wiley Publishing Australia), and I've been interviewed for newspaper and radio about the topic. Bizarrely I have also appeared on radio to talk about my Chocoholism and how I also get paid a small sum to write choccie reviews from a (slightly deranged) Australian perspective.

On a personal level, I'm still trying to complete one beginner karate class without audibly farting; I'm desperately afraid of Cardigans (or becoming one) and yet am proud to be a dag. In addition to being a permanently-recovering chocoholic; I am also the wife of the ever-patient Love Chunks; mother to Sapphire (aged 8) and Jorgi dog Dogadoo. Life never fails to interest,shock, anger, amuse and surprise me.

My passion is ...

chocolate and writing

I know too much about ...

chocolate

My parents always told me ...

to have good manners and to take a handkerchief everywhere

My childhood ambition ...

to marry The Fonz and adopt Mork

My favorite memory ...

Meeting my husband, 'Love Chunks'

Why I write ...

Because life is too interesting not to

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

'Work/Life Balance for Dummies', watching 'Scrubs' and listening to the sound of my dog snoring at my feet

My first job ...

babysitter

My best moment ...

still to come

My inspiration ...

my parents and Love Chunks

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: You're having a bad day when

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I knew it was going to be a bad day when I was woken by an uninvited furry alarm clock.

I was visiting my best friend for a few days and camping out on the futon in her cluttered spare room. Unusually for me, I was in a deep sleep, dreaming that I was passionately snogging my all-time-favourite fella, John Cusack, giving it my frenzied best, with he, responding in kind......

....only to be rudely awoken by a slurp across the face by Amanda's cattle dog, Tess, who was only inches away from my face, tongue still lolling out of her mouth, grinning at me. Add to that a potent dose of mo...

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