Life has been full to date. Now I have a window, a pause, in which to explore my first passion - writing.I have a cabin, called 'The Plotting Shed', in the garden where I can be found bashing both brain and keyboard. I'm attempting to express those thoughts and ideas that have been cooking since I was seven and learned to read. There was an old black and gold typewriter knocking about my childhood home. When I wasn't skinning my knees climbing trees or wandering aimlessly in the countryside with my dog and my dreams, I could be found, as now, typing away with imaginary friends whispering in my ear.You can keep up to date with my progress on www.alexxx8586.blogspot.com My first novel, The Twisted Vine, is based on a happy time picking grapes in France in the 1980s. I met some amazing people there but none as outrageous as those that sprang to life on my screen. Daffodils is quite a different book and is based in Wiltshire, where I grew up. It attempts to portray how ordinary lives, and the rigid social order, were radically altered by the catalyst of the First World War. The sequel, Peace Lily, has just been published on Amazon and takes the characters into 1919, after the armistice. They each have to carve out a new life in the aftermath of the great war and find their way into the new modern age. The next book in 'THE KATHERINE WHEEL SERIES' is to be called Speedwell and I'm enjoying the research into the roaring 'twenties'.The next one, The Rose Trail, is a ghost story. I'm just listening to the whispers from the other side to get the full picture....