First Hello!

This is the first, and hopefully won't be the last. Let's see how we get on here!

I have always written, for pleasure, as a hobby, and now as work. Aside from when I'm stuck on a particular bit, or hammering out the initial idea, it doesn't feel like the work I've been told I should get used to (filing paper and so forth, I'd rather write my own ideas on it instead).

At University I was Editor of the student magazine, and through that process learnt an awful lot. I went to the NUS Media Conference, joined the NUJ and wrote so many stories, suggested so many more, and allowed proof reading to take over so much of my life, that once I finished I swore - never again.

Since graduating I'm now a freelancer, regularly contributing to the magazines Primary Life and Source, and also the student nation-wide paper ScotCampus.

I'm also involved in playwriting, having written a few short plays one of which has been performed. I'm just embarking upon a mentoring scheme with the Playwrights' Studio, which hopefully will see me produce a play at the end of it. The various trials and tribulations therein might find themselves recounted here.

I hope that on this blog I can post exclusives from upcoming articles and interviews, share the bits that didn't go in, and provide links to my work where possible.

There's some exciting interview related news on the agenda regarding a British actress making it in LA, so stayed tuned for the next blog, following shortly...