I always wanted to be a journalist but channelled that ambition into watching Press Gang, writing in a diary and having daydreams about becoming a successful journalist instead of actually, y’know, doing anything about it.
Then illness knocked me upside the head in my early twenties, and I realised life was too short not to try.
I started contributing to charity magazines and set up my own blog, then fell into writing for and later editing a books blog for Shiny Media (then the UK’s largest blog network).
I wrote about everything from fashion to TV for their other sites, and also became a regular contributor to The Guardian’s blogs, covering books, TV, and film.
Since then, I’ve written features, reviews, first-person essays and opinion pieces for a variety of publications, from The Telegraph to The Los Angeles Times, Mental Health Today to Easy Living. (And many more besides.)
Books-wise, I wrote two author profiles for 2010 Novel and Short Story Writers Market, and contributed a chapter on truth and denial to Filled With Glee, a book about the popular TV show, which was published in November 2010.
I’m always looking for opportunities to write my favourite things: pop culture analyses that enlighten and entertain, first-person pieces that get people talking, and features that bypass predictable and tap straight into the zeitgeist.
Oh, and if you need a blogger (books and TV a specialty), my name should be top of your list: I live and love to blog, and AOL, The Guardian, Picador, and others have all given me two thumbs up.
In my spare time, I commune with handbags, lust after gadgets, watch a lot of TV, and take long naps.
If you want to talk work, kittens, or some other fun topic, please feel free to email me.
