The Book Cove

Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from?  I am a UK author with five full length novels, a novella and one non-fiction book under my belt. I write Dark Romance and my migrainewise blog which was the spark that drove My Migraine Story - my first venture into non-fiction. How long have you been writing?  I have always been a writer. I wrote short stories and poetry growing up. Occasionally I would write plays and radio shows that my brothers and I would perform and record on a small tape recorder. It still makes me laugh when I think of the comedy sketches I wrote with my friend. We saw ourselves as a budding French and Saunders. What was the inspiration for your most recent book? My latest book, My Migraine Story , grew out of my Migrainewise blog. I am a chronic migraineur and manage my own migraines with a holistic approach. I conduct my own clinical trials and report my findings. It's kind of an extension of the day job, ...

Trials, tribulations and triggers, from diet and vitamins to exercise and mindfulness. More than a list of common triggers and remedies, My Migraine Story is an emotionally candid personal account, learned through trial and error and bitter experience. *** Tracy is a life-long migraine sufferer. By the time she was forty-five she was out of action for half of every month. She’d been made redundant, her marriage had broken down and she’d become suicidal. Something needed to be done. With only her love of the outdoors, health and wellbeing, she set out on a journey to chase her dream of being a writer. But first she must fight her curse. She started by examining herself closely – what she did, what she ate and how she felt, and recorded it all. Looking closely at diet, supplements, hormones, cosmetics and mental wellbeing, no stone is left unturned. Tracy developed a positive mental attitude to migraine and really started to live. This is a concise and detailed account of how she did ...