Purple Butterfly Writes: March 2015

I have always been very passionate about reading. I would read anything - from books to the back of cereal boxes, to nasi lemak packaging. Blessed with a short memory, I can reread a book several times without the book losing its appeal. Needless to say, I'm a book hoarder. I can't part with books I can't remember reading.
Not too long ago, I was asked to do proof reading and quality control for language software which my company was marketing. The software developers and language experts saw something in me which I hadn't realized myself. There was a writer in me, waiting to get out. They gave me the opportunity to write short stories which would be converted into a software for primary and secondary students.
From there, I got the extraordinary opportunity to write for Nickelodeon. At this point, I was astonished that Nickelodeon approved my stories. I was a real writer!
Writing gave me wings. I now had the confidence to approach other organisations who were searching for freelance writers. Little by little, my wings were getting stronger. I joined writing groups and entered writing competitions. I started writing a novel.
My other passion is education. With the confidence I got from writing, and the experience I had as a phonics trainer, I developed my own phonics programme. The first book is in production as I write this.
Somehow, with all this happening over the past few months (5 months to be exact), I still found time to read. I've read easily 10 books within the same time frame. And this is on top of being a full time mother to two homeschooled teenagers who are preparing for exams later this year. So yeah, it all boils down to passion. When you're passionate about something, you find a way to make it work!
This blog serves as a reminder of the work I've done as a writer. It's not a comprehensive collection, but it contains everything that I could get my hands on.

3 of 11 books I wrote for Nickelodeon: