I have a secret that I am not sharing. It isn't something bad, traumatic or illegal. It is a happy secret, a good thing, a ray of sunshine. It is just personal and I don't feel like letting everybody in. If you are in my life on a regular basis, you will know already to what I am referring (one can't hide all secrets all of the time). For those of you who do know my secret – maybe you have understood my reticence on the subject, and maybe you haven't. Either way, it is a moot

With two completed novels currently looking for publishers, I have turned my hand to writing something new and 'completely different'. Firstly, it is a genre that I have never written in before – Young Adults – and secondly, I am finding that vast parts of my writing are somewhat autobiographical: incidents from my childhood, memories, interactions, real people and real places. Sure, the writer and her psyche always slip in somehow, whether we acknowledge or deny this; whet

You know who you are. I know that you are nervous. I know that there are pros and cons on both sides of your decision. I know that your thoughts and incessant mulling over the issue is weighing you down. I know that the decision you need to make affects you not only professionally, but will also have a major impact on your personal life. I know this scares you. In all decisions there is often the easier, more convenient path. And then there is the alternative – the road gene

I'm an hour away from a business meeting. The meeting is to discuss how a particular business in the tourist industry can expand it doors to more tourists, more avenues, and of course, more revenue. I have three models ready to be used in order to capture and align existing resources versus future investments, amongst other things. These models have been tried and tested. Some of them have been around for over forty years. I have used them before and I will definitely use th