It's always good to have an ambition. My ambition started over 20 years ago when I walked through W H Smith's bookstore and saw a new book written by Jacqueline Wilson on display. It was a children's book, and I was at this time an adult. What caught my eye was the name, it was my name too. I remember thinking how good it must be to have your name on a book in a bookshop. That was the day the seed was planted.
Then life got in the way. I continued to be an avid reader, to this day I have never read one of Jacqueline Wilson's book, yet she is responsible for me now having a paperback with my name on it, (well, more on that later).
Today I took delivery of the first copy of my children's novel. A time-travel adventure featuring my two fabulous dogs, Brandy & Brinkley.
I wrote the first few chapters as far back as 2013, but only finished it earlier this year. Several weeks of proofreading, re-writing, taking feedback from beta-readers and a massive learning curve in self-publishing and finally, I am at this epic moment in my life. And it feels amazing. An ambition well and truly achieved.
I can now call myself an Author.
As for the name? I have used Brindy as an online user name for several years, well, since I got Brandy& Brinkley, as it's a combination of the two names. So, when I decided I would write under a pen name it really was a no-brainer what to use for my first name. The surname took a little longer, but I wanted some way of incorporating my mum's maiden name. Mum taught me to read at an early age and instilled a love of books that has been with me my whole life.
Hopefully, this will be the first of many, I have already started working on book 2.
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