: About Me

Since I was a child ideas have flown into my brain and whizzed and buzzed around in there till I let them out. Crazy ideas about plastic kangaroos and soccer playing elephants, freaky aliens, and brussel sprout monsters. Somedays I just have to put pen to paper and write them down or I'll go crazy. Once they're out I can relax and write about normal things until the next loopy character settles up there.

So apart from being slightly insane, I'm a Scottish Kiwi living and working in Japan. I recently married a Japanese guy, and we're hoping to start a family sometime in the near future.

When I'm not writing humorous stories and poems for children, I like to write about Japan and about living and teaching English over here. It's really what I know best at the moment.

My passion is ...

writing funny stories and poems for children.

I know too much about ...

English grammar.

My parents always told me ...

you can do anything - can't isn't a real word.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a journalist, a chef, or a teacher.

My favorite memory ...

is the night I got together with my fiance

Why I write ...

I can't help it, I just I have to or I'll burst.

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

Reading children's books, watching movies and listening to anything on my ipod.

My first job ...

was as a temp in a boring insurance company.

My best moment ...

when my boyfriend asked me to marry him.

My inspiration ...

Roald Dhal

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English pronunciation is an important part of learning English, but many ESL students go about trying to improve it the wrong way. When you want to improve your grammar do you sit down and just study 'grammar' or do you focus on a particular area that you've been having difficulty with, for instance articles or prepositions? Likewise to improve writing do you just sit down and write anything you can or do you practice what you need to, for example you need to improve your letter writing skills so you practice letter writing or you need to improve your essay skills so you practice...

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