A New Journey

My love of words started at a very young age – we didn’t have a TV in the house, so my options for escape from reality were limited. My mother, also a voracious reader, would take us to the library once a week, where the five of us (siblings and parent) would each take out at least three books each. We would devour them, and then read everyone else’s as well.

The library was a place of magic for me – all those fantastic stories and worlds in the pages of a shiny new hardcover or musty old soft jacket. And so, writing began. With the imagination being piqued by all these amazing stories, it was the start of a lifelong creative outlet for me, and as the years passed, the passion grew.

In 2012, I discovered the wonder of writing groups and did a number of courses through All About Writing in South Africa – such amazing support, and patient mentors that guided us day by day as we went through the coursework. I went on to mentor with them through the process of rewriting and polishing but one of the novels I’d written, and the experience was just out of this world for me.

This year, I decided to take this love of writing to a new level, and help people locally improve on the text that they require. We have started with businesses, and am waiting with bated breath to see where this venture goes!