I have always loved books and have read my way through stacks of them, so when Anita needed someone to edit and type up her manuscripts, I was happy to help and somewhere along the way, I discovered my vocation and my love-hate relationship with the world of computers. I learned how to edit and proofread and between us, managed to get Anita’s books ready for publication.  I had wonderful compliments from one of the best literary agents in London at the time, for my editing of Anita’s book, Bad Moon and for the last ten years since my retirement, that’s what my life has been like.

I had a ‘light bulb’ moment when everyone started talking about ‘Indie’ or self-publishing. I knew how hard it was to be published in the traditional way, so I became very excited at the prospect of being able to do it ourselves.

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