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My story
Have you ever wanted something so much you were afraid to even try? That was me ten years ago.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a novelist. I even started dozens of stories, over the years.
But life kept getting in the way. A seriously ill child who required years of therapy; a rising mortgage that led to a full-time job; six children, my own chronic illness… the writing took a back seat.
As the years passed, the fear grew. If I didn’t put my stories out there in the market, I wouldn’t risk making a fool of myself. I could keep the dream alive if I never put it to the test.
Then my mother died. That great lady had waited her whole life to read a novel of mine, and now it would never happen.
So I faced my fear and changed it–told everyone I knew I was writing a novel. Now I’d make a fool of myself for certain if I didn’t finish.
My first book came out to excellent reviews in December 2014, and the rest is history. Many books, lots of positive reviews, and a few awards later, I feel foolish for not starting earlier.
I write historical fiction with a large helping of romance, a splash of Regency, and a twist of suspense. I then try to figure out how to slot the story into a genre category. I’m mad keen on history, enjoy what happens to people in the crucible of a passionate relationship, and love to use a good mystery and some real danger as mechanisms to torture my characters.
In my other identity as Judy Knighton, I was a plain language consultant specialising in contracts, insurance policies, and financial disclosure statements, until I retired in 2020. Fiction is more fun.
If you like what I do, I’d love you to spread the word. Dip your toe into my world with one of my lunch-time reads collections or a novella, or dive into a novel. Write a review. Tell your friends. And let me know what you think.