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The moment I placed my pen down, closed my notepad and realised, "I've done it. I've actually written a book!" How anti-climactic it felt, this huge achievement, that there was no fanfare, no ticker tape and, more importantly: no wine, (an oversight that was rectified quickly!). I wanted to cry with joy both at finishing the damn thing and completing it in the most ordinary of places: the sofa. One of the biggest lessons I learned during the writing process was that the fir

From The Archives The other day, I reached something of a milestone in the progress of my novel Horizon Skies. Chapter 20. Ok, I realise some of you will be thinking, "how is that a milestone?" For anyone who has known me throughout my life, they will know that as I've been writing on and off for decades with nothing to show for it this is indeed, a momentous achievement. It means that for the first time in realising one of my ambitions I am actually sticking to the plan a