Such a daunting statement hiding as an instruction: “This is your very first post. Click the Edit link to modify or delete it, or start a new post. If you like, use this post to tell readers why you started this blog and what you plan to do.”

Simple enough instruction, but then you have the whole gamut of ‘what if’ scenarios popping up into your head. What if I do it wrong? Is there a right and wrong? What if no one cares what I do?

Go for it … Run with your ramblings because you never know what might happen. That’s a good enough idea, because that’s life. Can one ever know where it will go?

When I was in school, which was where I started to write stories, I was the good girl, the one in perfect uniform apart from that unfortunate incident over the ‘wrong’ shoes. So, of course, I wanted to do what my parents thought was a good idea of a career, a good solid career that would lead to a solid income for life …

Except that didn’t go to plan. One of my favourite lines ever written was by the author Mercedes Lackey, and the principle that great plans only lead to great funerals. Instead of what my parents wanted for me, I bumbled around working in various office roles, before embarking on a career in medical sales. Twenty years later, I am about to change my life again, by self-publishing the stories I started to write way back in school.

Like me, my stories have evolved, and they will continue to evolve. I have made friends and lost some I thought were friends. One thing remains true.

I have no idea where this will lead and I relish the challenge that it will bring. Live it up and enjoy life. That’s my plan.