What started all this?

I’ve been part of an OU graduates’ writing group since 2010, contributing to their anthologies of short stories and poetry in 2014 and 2015.

I didn’t take writing too seriously while I was in paid employment – holiday diaries, OU courses, small competitions. As other members of the group began to succeed in their writing careers, they suggested that I might join them in the blog race.

I have a few publishing credits – a dozen short stories in various anthologies, a couple of competition wins and shortlisted places. I’m hoping to publish my first novel early in 2026; the first two chapters took third place in the Scottish Association of Writers’ Constable Stag competition, and I have been working to improve the whole work ever since.