"Can I ask you what you want to achieve from this writing?"

 My husband always asks me questions like this! 

After posting my first blog post. he bombarded me with questions. He is more outgoing than I am and is always wanting success, which is an inspiring attribute, but not very me! At the moment, my answer is I just want to BE writing. I don't want to loose my writing flow and I have always got the advice in my head that I have been given several times "write what you know"

Well, what better place to start than with my writing journey! I know exactly how that is going!

Back when I first started writing, it was for pleasure. I was inspired by my English lessons at school and found that I enjoyed making rhyming prose (and the occasional short story for my school work) My teachers told me that I had a talent - not sure if they were just being kind, as reading back some of the things I wrote back then, I am shocked at how bad it was! Maybe they saw something there from a professional point of view, or they saw that I had found a passion for something and wanted me to nurture it - who knows! I do intend digging all this stuff out and share at some point!

When I started writing my children's books my reason for writing was very different. With my first (Mrs Handbag and the Magic Seed), I was wanting to prove to myself that I could do it. I had an idea, I had a little bit of money and so I got it published by myself. Job done! Then I wrote "The Loudest Roar" and things changed. I found that I had an interest in writing for a purpose.....to help children to understand conditions, illnesses and situations in a friendly, supportive and inclusive way. That book (about selective mutism) is still my best seller and one of my favourites. 

Since then, I have written a book about MS, Baby loss and for those starting school. I love how the latter is still read in Reception class where I work (it is based on the class mascots!) It makes me a minor celebrity! 

But no matter the reason I write and what I may or ay not be trying to achieve. I feel like the most important thing right now is that I am writing. I might not be getting anywhere, but I am doing it!