By and large the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is after all a form of communication.
I come from a line of self-motivated determined folk - not grand not high society but no-nonsense family-minded go-getters.
One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level....
Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing...
I exercise about 40 minutes a day and I'll run one day and do circuit...
A system that warehouses people is not the cure for social ills.
I'm a great believer in eccentrically-shaped modern families. Because I've...
I was fat-shamed the other day on a British newspaper. The headline was...
