Later, she studied drama and teacher training at St Luke's Campus, University of Exeter.
[4] She had a series of administrative jobs whilst writing jokes and poems for the greetings card market to supplement her income, and she also became a ghostwriter on Purple Ronnie in its earliest days.
She submitted a manuscript entitled The Yorkshire Pudding Club, based on her experience of being pregnant at the same time as two friends.
Ladies Who Launch was written in 2015 as both a sequel to Here Come The Boys and an introduction to Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Cafe.
In 2019, she released a book of poetry A Cat-Shaped Space, the profits of which were all donated to Yorkshire Cat Rescue.