The Welsh author Norma Curtis has written a range of novels in various genres, contemporary and historical, for adults and for children. So, when she agreed to be interviewed for Writing Magazine, I was looking forward to hearing about her writing journey.
Does Norma feel she was always destined to be a writer?
‘My great uncle Ap Hefin was a Welsh bard and hymn writer, and I’d like to think I’ve inherited some writing genes from him,’ she says. ‘But I’ve always written diaries, poems and plays as a way of getting my thoughts and feelings down on paper.
‘During my late teens, I worked as a receptionist on a local newspaper. I decided I wanted to be published. So I joined