My journey. I started writing in January 2012. I was researching my family tree and visiting stately homes and an idea for a book came to me. I had never written before but threw myself into it. I had been feeling down for quite some time so writing became my way of forgetting my problems. I loved the freedom and excitement writing brought me. I began writing in the morning before work, during my lunch breaks, every free evening and weekend. I often woke up in the middle of the night needing to write something down, that's when I started to keep a note book by my bedside!