I'm a single mum to two young women aged 27 and 21. I consider myself to be intelligent, articulate, independent and fun! I love the countryside and nature, music, reading, driving, DIY, cooking and loads more besides. I have a dog, Jack Russell and cat, part Persian moggie.

Well what can I say? Obviously a single parent which came about because I happened to choose the wrong men, who shirked responsibility and treated me badly.

School...I loved it until I went to high school and was in the top classes for everything, English being my best and favourite subject. At high school i was still an A grade student, but was bullied badly, and so I left without any 'O' levels.

Work...I worked mainly in retail until i had my girls. Once they were at school I helped to run a local playgroup until I slipped a disc which has eventually disabled me due to further degeneration of the discs throughout my spine.

Family...My lovely Mum died in 2001 of congestive heart failure at the age of 65. My Dad is 74 and lives not far from us. I have a brother, but we're hardly close...well not as close as we were as teenagers.

Love...My love life has been turbulent to say the least! I had thought myself in love until I met, and fell head over heels for, a married man in 1984. I always swore that it was something I wouldn't do, but it really was love at first sight. I still love him to this day. There have been men in my life who have treated me badly and those who treated me well.

My future...what do I want? Love, first and foremost. I want to be loved...doesn't everyone? However, I want a love that makes room for me to still be independent, have my own identity and spread my wings. I want the closeness of a relationship not constraints.

I want to be successful as a writer, my ultimate goal is to be published.

I want my girls to be happy and successful in whatever they do.