Hi! I'm Emma, Author and History PhD student studying at Plymouth University.
I was born in Devon, in the UK where I still reside now, and until my mid-twenties worked as a youth worker in the South Hams. I then went back to Uni to reskill as a mental health specialist, and then decided to follow my passions and did a Master's degree in History too. I am now working on (and have almost finished!) my PhD which focuses on the social history of madness and insanity.
I started writing at a fairly young age, as so many of us authors did. I started out in high-school poetry and quickly moved onto short stories. I finished my first at about nineteen years old. Ok, it was pretty dire but hell, it was a start. That one I put aside and tried again, and again and again. After the fifth novel, I had something even I knew was a bit good! Perfected and polished!
That novel was Ella’s Memoirs.
Ok, so I had a book to publish. There was a slight problem though, I had no idea where to start! Traditional publishing was a scary thought, and “indie publishers made no money” or so I was told, and so had to put writing on a back-burner whilst I maintained a “normal” person job. So, like any good ostrich, I turned my back on the idea of publishing, buried my head in the sand, worked whatever jobs I could get and just wrote books in my spare time. Lots of books! In May 2014, with a backlog of nine novels, about five of which were publishable, I finally decided to look fate in the eye and give it a shot. I chose to indie publish as one thing I have never wanted to do was to take away the pleasure of writing by running my ever so crinkled, non-conforming babies of literature through the heavy press of traditional publishing.
And here I found success. More success than I had thought possible!
Ella’s Memoirs was a hit – I tried a 2 day free promotion on the guidance of some wonderous guru of internet forum fame, and then suddenly I was in the top 1000 free ebooks of that particular week. I was astounded, befuddled and just happy to soak it all in.
Since then, I've penned a further 21 novels, 12 of which are now published on Amazon ( here ). In 2023 I quit my "day job" to concentrate on my writing and running my own small business - Alter Ego - a small stall where I can often be found at local alternative events and Comicon events selling an array of cosplay, alternative and fantasy themed jewellery and accessories.
Since then, I've penned a further 21 novels, 12 of which are now published on Amazon ( here ). In 2023 I quit my "day job" to concentrate on my writing and running my own small business - Alter Ego - a small stall where I can often be found at local alternative events and Comicon events selling an array of cosplay, alternative and fantasy themed jewellery and accessories.