I want you to meet my first book, Becoming Amber, which I have been working on since 2018. This a poetry collection traces the path through burnout and the grief that followed, toward solace in the healing rhythms of nature and its glimmers. It is a journey of acceptance and learning to embrace the beauty of the unpredictable.

The first poem I wrote, for this collection, was on the A82 in the Scottish Highlands, as I got close to Glen Coe. It felt as if the words were whispered to me by the wind, and I could do nothing more than to obey, by writing them down on the back of a receipt I had in my satchel. This was the drop, that became a stream, and then a flood. It became a practice that held solace, it has been my companion ever since.

The title came to me while I was thinking of our journey in life, from small beings into grown ones. As we grow from resin slowly and steadily become amber, we have the power to mould and shape ourselves. With this came the realisation that I didn’t need to be anything more than I already was, because I was already someone whole. We are always on the way, even though it doesn’t always feel like it. Even when steps are leading us backwards, we are still growing. We are still becoming.

Pre-orders for my eBook open on July 31st, 2026 and the publishing date is October 6th. The paperback will be available from the publishing date.