This is a hard one. Many writers don’t want to say much about their life, other than what they curate for public consumption. Others write about their employment history, schooling, marriage, children, their dogs, their writing teachers, their beta readers, and the countless people who have played a part in their writing career. It’s a minefield. How much is too much?

When I started this blog I put in a lot of personal background.  Here is a mini-version of the whole story .

Above, I was a lonely little girl in a troubled household. We lived with with my mother’s grandparents in Sydney.

At fifteen I was quite beautiful but very naughty, causing my parents nothing but grief.

I have worked in many occupations apart from my academic employment: legal secretary, typist, photographic assistant, fruit-picker and packer, recipe tester, waitress.

I studied anthropology, Japanese and English literature at University and finished up a professional academic until my recent liberation.

I have a complicated family life. Three adult children, two adult grandchildren and a loving partner.

Now I have gone back to the career I always wanted …. writer!

Wish me luck!