Is anybody awake?

Emily-Jane Clark, knobbly bottom, Children's author
Me, with my knobbly bottom.

I managed to get back on to this very old website that I thought had died and gone to blog heaven. It reminded me of what a sleep-deprived mess I was! In fact, if you have got any sense at all, reader, you will be having a delicious nap because you CAN, and not reading an email from an ancient blog site.

BUT on the offchance, you’re awake, I thought i would say hi. It feels like another life when I wrote this! It isn’t even the newer version I set up when I wrote my book SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK, but the old free blog site I started writing in the middle of the night, usually from underneath a baby.

I met so many amazing fellow sleep-deprived parents through this blog and I am actually in touch with some of them today! Anyway, I thought I would let you all know that I am still here and did NOT die of sleep deprivation.

My life looks very different these days. I no longer have babies keeping me awake at night (I have hormones for that now), I got divorced, wrote comedy for television and now I am writing children’s books. I also learnt how to make awesome roast potatoes.

But enough about me, I really just wanted to invite you to come and join me over at Substack Because that is where the cool kids (and ex wordpress parent bloggers) are.

I will probably talk about books, writing, life, single motherhood and knobbly bottoms, so how can you resist that! So hopefully I will see you there!

MY latest form of procrastination can be found here.

How NOT To Do A JK Rowling…

I originally wrote this shortly after the birth of my second sleep thief. Sleep-deprived and on the verge of madness, I had convinced myself that despite the lack of sleep, time and brain power, I could definitely be the next JK Rowling. Predictably, it did not happen.

sleep is for the weak's avatarHow To Survive A Sleep Thief

2013-08-21 15.56.48I recently read that JK Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book in a café while her baby slept next to her in a pram.

Well, I have a baby and a pram. I could do it too…couldn’t I?

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SURVIVOR STORIES: HOW TO TAKE DOWN A SLEEP THIEF AND SURVIVE

The first in a series of stories called Sleep Thief Survivors by parents who have achieved success against the odds. Having children inspired and motivated them to accomplish great things! 

DSC_2669 copyIt was not so long ago that sleep thief survivor Lucy Jones was down, desperate and so exhausted she was hallucinating. However, after finally finding the help she needed to get her daughter to sleep, she decided to quit her career in customer service management and retrain as a sleep coach. The 34-year-old from Lincolnshire went on to set up successful business Love Mornings through which she has assisted many sleep-deprived families across the UK. Continue reading