Things you need to know about me #1
I borrowed a friend’s room for this photo! My own writing space is way more cluttered and filled with trinkets and books that delight me. I have a gazillion notebooks filled with ideas, a comfy armchair scratched and shredded by my cats, and I constantly have a mug of tea on the go.
Things you need to know about me #2
I love the sea. I moved to Devon in 2011 and swim in the sea every summer (I’m building up to going in all year). I didn’t learn to swim until I was an adult so it feels extra magical to me that I’ve become someone who can enjoy being in the water.
Things you need to know about me #3
As well as writing about desire, love, and lust, I’ve also worked as a sexual surrogate partner in a sex therapy clinic, and completed Urban Tantra Professional Training.
I’m endlessly curious about how we experience and express our unique sexual selves.
Things you need to know about me #4
When I’m not writing, you’ll often find me indulging my other love – being in the natural world. I have a health condition called ‘lipoedema’ which sometimes challenges my mobility and balance. So, I’m not the most outdoorsy or robust person. However, I get unbridled joy from connecting with the natural world, be that out on a walk on a country lane or watching the birds and squirrels on my lawn.
Things you need to know about me #5
I self-define as:
- queer
- kinky
- gender-responsive (my pronouns are she/her)
- limerent
- spiritual
- perimenopausal
A few more bits and bobs:
- I have a PhD in occupational therapy (yes, you can call me “Doctor”), a post-graduate diploma in health and wellbeing, and spent two decades working for universities and charities as a health researcher.
- I am a published erotic author. You can find my books on Amazon and my stories scattered across the internet.
- I wrote the Sex/Life pages for DIVA Magazine (the leading magazine for LGBTQIA+ women and non-binary people) for two years.
- When I was a student in Edinburgh, I was in a band called “Wild Honey”.
- I grew up in Scotland but have also lived in New Zealand and England. I now have a soft Scottish lilt that others seem to enjoy (especially when listening to my guided meditations).
