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Books
Writing is my happy place, and as such I write all the bloody time – and often this is about the nuances and complexities of my everyday life as a way to find understanding. I do find a lot of peace in the blank page, thankfully.
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​My mum would be so proud, she was a writer. Words are in my blood.
Catalogue
Nursing Education from the Patient Experience
"Can I just say, as someone who has NEVER chosen to read a book by choice (only ever read books when made to in high school), this book is BRILLIANT! I’m loving it. It’s not only well written, but makes me look at myself and my nursing practice! 1/2 way through and loving it!!"
Annie
Bursting Bubbles
Writing and publishing is something I aspired toward for years, and I did it. Writing a book is one of my prouder moments. Plus, I may be wrong but I reckon my first book needs some serious acknowledgement as it has to have one of the longest titles in history – Bursting Bubbles (Making Adversity Okay), The Ramblings of a Complex Quadriplegic in Quarantine. Now say that with a mouth full of Smarties.
Anyhow, this was essentially a diary that I wrote amidst the initial COVID lockdowns, yeah it gave me something to do. Or, as it says in the blurb on the back cover, it’s one massive vent-fest which was originally a personal writing challenge, however with a few sprinkles of fairy dust it magically transformed into a hard copy. And what it ended up being, it’s like the cliff notes of my life.
A rare glimpse is given into a life that not many people know about, understand or can even imagine
The Essence
(of most of my works)
My first book, Bursting Bubbles, why I published this (or one of the main reasons I suppose), you see it’s like a compilation of these one hundred short stories with an underlying narrative of wanting to break-free; but what I always envisaged is that it’s a book anyone can pick up in a doctor’s waiting room, have a quick squiz and get something from it. Actually, that’s what I love about this book, you can flip it open anywhere, read two or three random stories and bam you’re entertained. You may even hit on some thought-provoking bonanza. Yep, it’s great for those of us who are attention-span challenged.
Themes, Accuracy and Authority
In general, the crux and primary themes of my writing centre around acquired physical disabilities, then I often gasbag on about the subsequent mental and emotional battles. Funnily enough, these are topics that I fell into because of the life I’ve lived. You see, I’m dealing with a chronic disability and throughout I’ve always been striving to reclaim my life. Every single day has its challenges. But what I’ve realised, many people are in this same boat, and like myself many people are searching for bold voices in this unusual niche to help with their own journey.
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This is a very complex niche, there’s no room for pretenders nor can you mentor by reading a book, you need lived experience. This world knows trauma, despair and disaster intimately.
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Nevertheless, my accuracy and authority comes from my own journey, an all-consuming and extreme disability; and I’ve been living this life for twenty years. I’ve been through almost every mental battle and emotional insecurity you can imagine, and I’ve managed to still build a life. Yes, I’ve been through the ringer, still I’m pretty open about both my struggles and successes.
