Entries by Tanya Williams

Puppies Over Parenthood

There are increasing numbers of people adopting pets rather than having kids, with the Oxford Dictionary adding the term ‘fur baby’ to its official lexicon in 2015. Increasing numbers of people (sixty-four per cent, up from fifty-nine per cent in 2013) regard their dog as a member of the family rather than just a companion […]

Being a Rockstar Aunty

There are also plenty of childfree women who have oodles of love, affection and advice to share with nieces, nephews and friends’ kids as their honorary aunties. Elizabeth Gilbert explains it well in her May 2014 blog: ‘I have come to believe there are three sorts of women, when it comes to questions of maternity. […]

This is how I wrote my first book

So, I have just written my first big girls book. When I say ‘big girls’ I am referring to the fact it is a real book not an ebook (I’ve written a few of those) Writing my book was a labour of love. It took 9 months from idea to actually having the book in […]