I've been writing stories all my life but was too lacking in confidence to do anything with them until five years ago when, at a writers' holiday at Caerleon, I was given loads of good advice by two very generous and well published writers, Lynne Hackles and Della Galton.  Something clicked and I've been selling steadily ever since - although having written that, I've probably put a jinx on myself now and  won't sell another thing.

My first sale, Angels on Oil Drums, was to Woman's Weekly and it's still one of my favourite stories as it's based on my childhood.  I grew up on a farm near Crewkerne in South Somerset  and was lucky enough to have what every bossy little 8 year old girl needs - three younger brothers whom I bullied into appearing in a pageant I'd written for St George's Day. The 'Angels' of the title were my unfortunate 4 year old twin brothers who, as the production progressed, refused to stay on their oil drums.  They've held that against me ever since, so when I sold the story, I treated all three to a bottle of champagne and a copy of Woman's Weekly and reckon that makes us quits now.

 Since that first sale, I've gone on to sell over 200 stories to most of the UK women's magazines that take fiction (a sadly dwindling number).  I have sold to:

• Bella*                                                                        
  
• Best*
  
• Candis
• Fiction Feast
  
• The Lady
• My Weekly
  
• People's Friend
• Take a Break
  
• That's Life*
• Weekly News
  
• Woman*
• Woman's Weekly
  
• WW Fiction Special
• Yours
  

 * these magazines no longer publish fiction