Thank you, South Warwickshire Literary Festival

​Yesterday, I spent a fabulous day surrounded by all things literary: poetry readings, enthusiastic speakers and a very appreciate audience in Harbury, Warwickshire. I had been invited to speak at the festival many, many months ago and had gleefully agreed when the date was a distance dot in the future.
 
I can’t thank the organisers and audience enough, I was quite overwhelmed by the warm reaction with which I was greeted. If you’ve ever been present whilst I’ve given ‘my talk’, I am simply me, an ordinary woman. I tell you the truth, the whole truth and nothing, but the truth. I don’t try to glam it up or embellish my publishing journey to make it look pretty – you hear the truth, as my journey to publication took a long time! 
 
I start by taking the audience back to 1994! I kid you not, a few small references and those that lived the era are back there! I then move forward to the present day. The ups, the downs and the funny bits in between! 
 
Afterwards, I deliver what I always wanted published authors to tell me, as an aspiring author, when I’d eagerly attended festivals but they rarely did. Today, I tell the audience how I write, what I do, what I use, how I lay things out, my toolkit, my hours, my likes and dislikes of the entire process. I tell them, I don’t hide it – it might help someone to complete a book – so I openly share. And that’s my joy! I try my hardest to ‘give back’ because if you’ve followed my journey or heard ‘my talk’ you know other generous souls gave to me!
 
If you haven’t heard ‘my talk’ or heard ‘my shares’ as an aspiring author then my next talk is Redditch library on Saturday, 30th September 2023 starting at 11am. See you there!

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