My parents started teaching me to read when I was three. and I've been an avid reader ever since.

Writing also began at an early age. My first paid piece was published in the highly prestigious pages of the local free paper when I was ten, I started a school magazine when I was 14 and started my career as a computer journalist on the then best-selling computer magazine Personal Computer World.

After a brief stint as editor of a home computer magazine, I went freelance, writing for computer, business and in-flight magazines, as well as the national dailies. I also wrote and co-wrote a number of books, mostly computer titles.

I eventually grew bored with essentially writing variations on the same articles time after time, and launched into my second career in new product development. Writing has remained a hobby since then.

I'm currently working on a novel. Of course, the world and her husband is working on a novel, so I'm determined to distinguish this one by actually completing it and getting it published.

As work on the novel stalled for a while, I've recently taken over as organiser of a writers' group as a way of applying a sharp pedastic impact to my nether regions.