Getting a Life

Overview: Born and raised in the Potteries area, I went to school in Stone, Staffordshire. I suppose I always had some hankering to write. I remember sending in a play to Children's Television when I was about eleven. Pretty dreadful stuff but Pamela Brown, (Swish of the Curtain et al) then a producer, wrote back to say not this time but keep writing. I adored her even more after that. I wrote letters to various magazines and even got some published but then it was the grind of school and getting an education. I always enjoyed writing essays which were rarely a problem. Drama took up a lot of time and interest. I wanted to be an actress but the usual, ‘get a training for something first' advice came from the parents. Once I'd followed that route, I only ever participated in amateur dramatics.