#SarcomaIsCancer

#SarcomaIsCancer

Three years ago I was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma. Like Gemma, the character in my novel, Don’t Call Me Brave, I had no idea what a sarcoma was. It’s not a main-stream, scary word like cancer. Gemma thinks it sounds like a Mediterranean holiday...
Macclesfield Express

Macclesfield Express

The lovely Macclesfield Express featured me and Don’t Call Me Brave on page two of last week’s edition. The guys at the Macc Express are great. I had plenty of dealings with them over the years, not least when I did the PR for Macclesfield’s Barnaby...
A writer with no voice

A writer with no voice

Today I feel dysfunctional. I am a writer with no voice. I am able-bodied but consumed by pain. The sky is grey, heavy with the promise of snow and the threat of disruption. And that disruption could have major consequences for me, as our daughter is flying in from...