About Me — Clare

Why does this feel awkward?

I’m one of those people that isn’t very good at talking about myself. Laughing at myself? Yes. Taking the piss out of myself? Absolutely. But I am 41 years old now and decided that it’s high time I learned to be an adult and give myself a proper introduction.

My name is Clare.

I was born in London, where I spent the first 14 years of my life living in the east end with my young parents and two brothers, then we moved to Essex when I was in my teens.

At 27 I got married, but we separated after only 6 weeks, and for the first time in my adult life, I enjoyed some time alone. When I was 30, I moved to Kent and soon met the husband, as I refer to him in my posts. I have a Ragamuffin cat called Toby and two stepsons who stay with us on alternate weekends.

I have always loved writing. I used to “borrow” blank exercise books from school and spend my spare time filling them with my own stories.

I enjoy reading and will read pretty much any genre. My two favorite books are Kane & Abel by Jeffrey Archer and Gangster by Lorenzo Carcaterra.

I adore having a physical book in my hand, but my book collection was so out of control that I had to move to kindle, but I am slowly buying some of my favorite books again in the hope that…