About me
I am a professional writer/editor in the corporate arena and the mother of two young
boys, born in 2001 and 2004. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and postgraduate
qualifications in Creative Writing. Although my work has been published too
many times to count, it is my creative writing successes that I most value (including two
novels-in-progress). Since having my first child in 2001, I have become passionate
about writing that explores the responsibility, politics, joys and challenges of raising our
next generation. My first gift book ‘Being Mummy’ will be published in April 2007.
“Being at home can be fun, insulating, relaxed, boring or isolating ... depending on how the day is going.”*
School holidays are almost upon us in my part of the world, and that means three weeks of noise and squabbling balanced by lazy days and laughter. Many of those days will be spent at home, basking in the simple pleasures of baking, playing or gardening together – trying to relax the everyday routines of school-morning bustle and ‘having to be somewhere on time’. We’re also going camping – our first family adventure in the great outdoors!
* © from 'Being Mummy' by Anne‑marie Taplin, published April 2007