Marathon Runner…

I ran my first marathon on 15 September 2019. It was a dream come true, something I’ve wanted to achieve for 5 years. Running has been a big part of my life for 9 years. From being a non-exercising person, to starting to run from scratch on a treadmill, my journey has been one of self-discovery, perseverance and passion. Every runner decides to start small, challenging themselves to park runs or 10k races, loving the achievement, then courageously striving for longer distances and bigger ... Read the Post

Writing Retreat…

There’s something magical about going to a different destination. Breaking away from everything going on in your life to focus on yourself for a change. That’s exactly what I did when I took myself away from my family, my job, my social life, to concentrate on my writing. In my last post, I was battling to stay motivated in the re-writing of my novel, Sydney’s Boxer. I felt as if I wasn’t making progress. I was questioning why I’d decided to rewrite anything as it was taking forever to finish. ... Read the Post

The Writing Process…

I’ve been feeling despondent in my fiction writing. When I committed to writing a novel two years ago, I thought I had finally overcome the fear barrier of this mammoth task and was building courage in reaching my dream. Little did I know that writing a novel wasn’t the hard part, deciding what to do with it after was! It also didn’t help that I’d entered my novel into a writing competition in 2018, coming in as the 2nd runner-up. The immense pressure of the competition had taken its toll on ... Read the Post

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