“Hope” is Here!

“Hope” is a project that is close to my heart. I have wanted to do something since I lost my son to suicide in 2006. In many ways, it gave me purpose, which in turn gave me hope. So the anthology is aptly named. In late 2010 I decided to put my plans into action

Raising Suicide Awareness with “Hope”

In the years that followed the death of my son, I have constantly been looking for ways to help other families. This website came from the need to reach out … and, at the same time, it provided me with a method to unscramble the thoughts and feelings whirling around my brain. It gave me

Writing My Way to the Future

For many months I have been working on a manuscript called Mirror Image. It is a project I have always felt was worthy of telling – not only for the story itself, but for the underlying messages too. It is a manuscript I believe in and I know that, if I were to write it

Introduction

This weekend I wrote the introduction to my non-fiction project – Suicide: A Mother’s Story. I decided to change the name of the book, after doing a lot of research, to a title which will leave the reader in no doubt what the book is about. I want the first paragraph to be quite powerful.

Crumbling Walls – The Book

On a couple of occasions I’ve mentioned that I am a writer. I normally write children’s fiction. I’m unpublished, but that won’t be the case forever. I’m working on that constantly. My councillor keeps telling me to write, write, and write some more. She tells me it’s a way of relieving anger, stress, and heartache.