Why Me?

Just before we head deep into the tips, tricks, and leverage to help you with the knowledge that you’re looking for, it might be apropos to give you a brief insight into my background. Or, more succinctly, why me?

English was always my favourite subject – a ‘7’ in Year 12 which was the highest mark – but I also scored well on French and German – my other languages. My dad, who spoke 6 languages, always said that the best way to learn your own language, was to learn another.

In a way, he’s on point. That investigation into other tongues is an eye-opener, and certainly does give one fresh eyes onto your own mother tongue.

I digress – I went from PR Manager at Jacaranda Press, to soaring through two degrees, being head hunted by Oxford University Press who published 3 of my literacy textbooks. Writing became, to a great extent, my life.

Literacy specialist to journalist was a short jump, and I’ve been published in magazines around Australia and overseas, and from there to editor in chief of the largest circulation newspaper in Tasmania, The Hub.

Never short of stories to tell – 25 years and 10 successful restaurants as an owner/chef will do that, Just the Sizzle became my microphone, a platform, to the hospitality industry.

One thing that I discovered was that I loved, more than anything, to tell other people’s stories. Therein is my wheelhouse, interviewing, extracting the gold along with the dirt, weaving the narratives of life, of business, of others.

That’s my takeaway for this piece – find what really floats your boat. I have no imagination, so fiction and drama are just not styles that I can claim. Or want to.

When you find your passion, your way with words, and we’re all different, then the music will start.

You will be the conductor, and you should be.