Brain Injury
Speaking at the WI
I encourage fellow authors to explore speaking at local groups. They are a powerful platform not just for income, but for raising awareness and connecting with communities.
Writing
Articles on writing craft, building a career in publishing and the many lessons learned as a new author.
Happy Birthday to Living with PKU
Living with PKU hit NUMBER 1 in the Genetics hottest releases list. It also made the top 6 bestsellers list, up there with Richard Dawkins and Adam Rutherford.
Brain Injury
Newsletter 8 - January
How a new perspective might help you in 2023. Another new PKU treatment(!), & helping with PKU research. Plus, 5 ways to wellbeing through kindness. (Jan 2023 newsletter)
New book: Living with PKU
No one’s PKU is quite the same, yet we can support each other. I don’t pretend to have all the answers, but this book contains what I know from forty years of Living With PKU
Writing
First income as an author
This income wasn’t from directly from book sales nor from my publisher. Rather it came from secondary uses of my work.
Writing
Dear New Zealand,
I want to tell you what we have learned so far. It will get worse before it gets better. Just because someone is being a dick, it doesn’t mean you should be a dick too.
Brain Injury
New Year, New Book
It is unnerving to send a story out into the world, but I’m grateful to see that is has been well received: “Incredibly vivid... this book will be of great benefit to professionals, survivors and their families alike.”
Writing
NaNoWriMo and daily habits
Almost any piece of advice on being a writer will emphasise the need to develop a daily writing habit. This is an allocated time of day when you sit down and write for a set word count or a certain length of time. Famous authors credit a large part of their success to this habit.
Mental health
2020 - halfway through.
Our usual pace of life has gone which means I often brood on how little I managed to do this year. To help drag myself out of these moods, I drew up a list of five things I’ve achieved. It provides solid evidence and reassurance that I have progressed, despite the chaos.
Writing
Now it’s summer
I saw a friend on Tuesday. I hadn’t seen her since January. We judged the breeze. Where to sit so one doesn’t breathe on the other?
Brain Injury
Concussion, cavernoma, & vestibular migraines
Living with Mild Brain Injury, a story of concussion, cavernoma & vestibular migraines. With practical lessons, recovery tips, and advocacy for brain injury.