British born, but well traveled, I've lived/worked in the USA, Australia, Holland, Spain and Canada. I have a degree in Public Relations and started my writing career producing press releases and publicity material as part of my job.

I now write everything from fiction to feature articles and also love writing for children. I've had short fiction published in British small press publications such as Quality Women's Fiction, Acorn Magazine, Connections and Writers' Cauldron.

I've studied with the UK based Academy of Children's Writers and currently have a children's book out there looking for a publisher.

I love writing, reading and rating on Helium. I'm fairly new here but have found it a a great place to share and acquire knowledge on a huge range of subjects, and I've already had my first offer from a marketplace publisher, so I'm definitely here to stay.

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Rejection

My parents always told me ...

If you haven't got anything nice to say, shut up.

My childhood ambition ...

To sail around the world.

My favorite memory ...

Involves a sunset over Auckland Harbour, my (now) husband and a diamond ring.

Why I write ...

It's nice to get paid for doing something that you would have to pay me to stop doing.

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

Bill Bryson/too many Disney DVDs/Savage Garden

My first job ...

A reluctant and incompetent office temp.

My best moment ...

I have two - the birth of my children.

My inspiration ...

People who triumph over adversity.

Travel > Australia & South Pacific Places to visit in Australia

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Having spent a year traveling round Australia on a working vacation, and having liked it enough to have returned for shorter vacations twice since, I would have to recommend the following as my personal top ten.

Sydney Harbor. It really does look just like all the fantastic pictures you've ever seen, only much more impressive. Take a ferry across to the beautiful Manley beach and look back on the Sydney Harbor bridge and opera house. Breath-taking.

Phillip Island near Melbourne. The fairy penguin parade is unmissable. You can witness thousands of tiny fairy penguins surfing into shore...

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