I began my writing career as a children’s author writing for the BBC and other radio and television stations. My first book, Brown Bear and Skipper Ahoy There, was published by the BBC. Other book publishers asked me to write for them, and soon I reached the happy stage where almost everything I wrote was either commissioned or snapped up.
If something seems too good to be true, it usually is! After a few years my time as a children’s author was brought to an abrupt end by unexpected and life changing circumstances. Other than an audio tape The Kundalini Experience of a Western Woman, I wrote little during this period.
Some years on, I found myself once more with time and the urge to write. Several caravan holidays in the New Forest, and an extremely attractive camp-site warden, gave me the idea for my first novel, The Sweet Scent of Bog Myrtle. Having received praise from publishers but no offers to publish, only the well-known phrase “Our list is full” I decided to go it alone and publish this title as an Amazon Kindle e-book. Mastering the mechanics of becoming a publisher was a huge learning curve. I enjoy a challenge however, and it was with a sense of achievement that I pressed the Publish button for the first time.
Seven years on I have published seven titles as Amazon Kindle e-books. The first two, The Sweet Scent of Bog Myrtle and Honeysuckle Spring would be best described as Romantic Novels. Sauce for the Gander, Serpent Summer, Tough Love, and Changing Places are less simple, and I would describe these as family dramas.
My latest title, Murder in Merrily Green is, as the title suggests, a murder mystery. It is set in a small village in the same general area, part fact and part fiction, of the North Norfolk coast as most of my other novels. Some characters appear in several or all of them. This is something I enjoy as a reader, because it is like meeting old friends. I hope my readers enjoy it, too.
Best Wishes to you all, Rose Lawn