A huge congratulations to Val Penny on her new book, The First Cut! Today, Val will be talking about writing.

Welcome, Val!

Thank you so much for inviting me onto your blog today, Sarah.

I have been writing and telling stories all my life. When I was a child, I used to make up stories for my little sister after our Mum put the light out and told us to go to sleep. Later, I wrote documents, contracts, and courses as part of my job, but my time was well accounted for and so I did not create an...