Well, a little over a week to go before 'Strange Trips and Weird Adventures' is published. What a long road it has been; from lockdown, to writing the skeleton of the story, to a second lockdown and teasing out the narrative. All in all its been a huge coping mechanism writing 'Strange Trips and Weird Adventures' during the pandemic and without it I'm not sure how I would have coped.

It's also now some 8 weeks since I retired from my role as senior clinical nurse specialist in haematology and whilst I STILL miss the patient contact, I do not miss the political in-fighting, the posturing and the negativity from some quarters. But, I have thrown myself into writing "remarkable stories for remarkable children."

Pre-sales of 'Strange Trips and Weird Adventures' have gone quite well and now the hard work of promoting the title starts.