A real-life rom com in reverse. 💔 ❤️ Publishing journey. 📚 British-American agented novelist on sub to Big 5. Editor day job (not glam kind), cat lady, avid reader, afternoon tea lover. 🐈⬛ 🫖 Lived 📌 UK, US, Germany.
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Real-life rom-com in reverse. Agented novelist on sub, (non-glam) European corporate chief sub-editor by day, cat lady, afternoon tea lover. 🐈⬛ 🫖 📚 Lived 📌 UK (Oldham, Todmorden), the US (FL, GA, MN), and Germany (Weiden in der Oberpfalz). 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Thoughts on doing leadership differently, and for good. Founder | Executive Leadership Coach | Facilitator | Consultant | Fractional Leader | NED & Trustee
Mum of three. (Former) PTA chair. Book lover. Genre dabbler. Writes two Substacks – Baby Brain (family life etc) and I Really Love Reading (bookish stuff). Always says yes to a cup of tea. Used to be a cat person but now just quite likes babies ✌🏻❤️☕
Author of Montecito: A Novel available in print, ebook, and audiobook at Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Montecito-Novel-Michael-Cox-ebook/dp/B0GX32ZZ3S/) and fine booksellers everywhere
1980s/90s UK magazine journalist (Just Seventeen, Parents, More!). Diarist, keeper and writer of nostalgia, history and life.
Mediterranean Goth meets Existential Girl Scout. Scorpio, obviously. Sometime between espresso and personality quizzes, I moved from Italy to Melbourne and started documenting my descent into adulting, one overthought memory at a time.
writer in Manchester, groupie at heart, chronicling my creative rise from the ashes under late-stage capitalism
Published author, working freelance editor, & corporate day-job holder. AI overuses em dashes—I don't. And don't miss the weekly (each Saturday morning) episodes of "Villainy" – gothic adventure with just a touch of fantasy. 1 Peter 3:15
31, flirty and thriving! Also married, have a cat, eating cheese at times. Working with seniors, writing a bit of fiction and essays on the side.
I spent years inside Big 5 publishing. Then I left and brought everything I learned with me. Now I share what actually works clearly, fast, & without gatekeeping so you can get back to writing. Kind, honest, and always your biggest cheerleader.
equal parts lover/fighter. verbose actor/chef.
My journey to self-rediscovery at 41, sharing my tips to help built a well curated, loved, functional wardrobe space as a recovering shopaholic, my journey to less with 300+ pieces now sold! Property renovation, debt & finance stories.
Artist, stylist, author. Exploring story, identity & creativity. Podcast: ‘On the Irregular’, conversations about irregular creative paths. Debut book 'Your Space, Your Story: A creative guide to personal interiors' - Batsford, Feb 2027.
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