I am a late-bloomer in many ways and only started writing at the age of forty-six in lockdown, then during a breakup with my long term partner until I had a very rough draft of a memoir.
If I’d known beforehand that most writers who get a publishing deal, have a Masters in English Literature, have already published a heap of work and are expected to be social media gurus with a huge following, I don’t think I would have even gotten started. So I’m beyond grateful that I have found something I love and work hard at, because I love everything about the process, even the pain of writers block. I especially want to prove (to myself) that it’s never too late to achieve your dreams.
I am a woman in mid-life, who after a lifetime of thinking it was too late, is discovering new ways of being and is only just getting started.
Check out my YouTube channel where I share my stories and of those like me, to show it's never too late to redesign your life.
Ammai means ‘The Mother’ in Tamil, the language of my father. I don’t speak or understand a word of it, so when it was whispered in my ear as I was going to sleep one night, while working on my book, I knew it was important.
Ammai also includes two powerful little words ‘I AM’ which we use through-out our lives to define and redefine ourselves and the narrative of our stories and the name of my daughter ‘Maia.’
