I am a writer and editor with 30 years’ experience creating and developing content for magazines, book publishers, newspapers, healthcare organisations and business clients. Alongside writing and editing, I also provide indexing services and I knit (mostly vintage-inspired) garments and accessories. For info about my knitting, connect with me on Ravelry and Etsy.
My writing has featured in various publications, including Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Red, Stylist, Prima, Top Santé, Mother & Baby, Junior, Woman & Home and Good Housekeeping. I have written on subjects ranging from health, fashion, beauty, books and music to travel, food, crafts, interiors and lifestyle.
I am the author of Escape Domestic Violence, published by Hodder & Stoughton as one of a series of ‘life issues’ books for ITV show This Morning. For my book, I gathered expert advice and survivor stories to support those affected by domestic abuse.
Career Highlights
- Author of non-fiction book Escape Domestic Violence (Hodder & Stoughton / ITV).
- Published in leading UK consumer magazines including Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Red, Stylist, Prima, Top Santé and Good Housekeeping.
- Runner-up in Cosmopolitan’s Write the Letter You’ve Always Wanted to Write competition.
- First prize in a Top Santé recipe-writing competition.
- Ghostwriter of abuse memoirs, helping survivors to write about the impact the experience had on their lives and how they moved forward.
- Photography published on the BBC News website.
- Interviewed on Heart Radio and BBC Radio Wales about ghostwriting and the charitable children’s art workshops that I held in Plymouth, raising funds for the children’s ward at Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital.
- Completed a design internship at Cosmopolitan magazine in London.
- Employed as an editorial assistant at the Western Morning News and Bath Chronicle newspapers.
- First prize in a ‘Design a Chocolate for Charlie’s Factory’ competition. My winning sweet was a chocolate teapot filled with toffee tea with a mint-flavoured spoon provided to scoop out the tea.
Selected Bylines
My work has featured in:
Lifestyle / Human Interest
Marie Claire, Red, Prima, Best, Woman, Fabulous, Stylist, Canadian Newcomer, Shout.
Health
Prima, Grazia, SHE, Family Circle, Mother & Baby, Best, Practical Parenting, Chat, Red, Marie Claire, Shine, Love It!
Books
Good Housekeeping, Sainsbury’s magazine, Prima, Best, Top Santé, SHE, Tesco magazine.
Music
Stereoboard, Gigslutz, Folk & Tumble.
Travel
Canadian Newcomer, Top Santé, Shout, Fabulous, Stylist, Daily Express, Candis.
Knitting / Crochet / Crafts
Prima, Plymouth Evening Herald, Plymouth Extra.
Fashion and Beauty
Top Santé, Real, The Oracle, Best.
Interiors
Top Santé, Style at Home, The Oracle, Junior, Daily Mail.
Food
Top Santé, Junior, Delicious, Daily Mail.
Careers
Black Beauty and Hair.
Pregnancy / Parenting
Mother & Baby, Practical Parenting, Junior, Ginger, Real People, Candis, Daily Mirror, Essentials, Plymouth Evening Herald, Plymouth Extra, That’s Life!
Weddings / Relationships
Always & Forever, Prima, Red.
