About me - Marama Carmichael

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.

Briefly me

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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