What Happens in Glastonbury

A note from the Author

I'm surprised we're here! I swore to myself I'd never write another book and I honestly didn't think I had it in me.

I finished writing a series of books that I loved, I had taken it as far as it could go and I didn't think I could ever create new characters because the ones I had written since 2012 had been with me for over 8 years and I loved them, writing new characters didn't interest me at all.

Then lockdown happened, I, like a lot of people found it really hard, I struggled, I was stressed and when I feel like that I write....or eat!

I did both.

I opened my writing app on my phone one night and wrote:

Firstly, let me introduce myself, I don't think we've met.

I had no idea why or what I would write after that, if anything. I'd never written in the first person before but as each day of lockdown passed, I felt compelled to go back to it day after day. Until Today, 15th March 2021, Mother's Day, when I finally wrote

'The End'

If you've read my previous books, you may be thinking 'God, not another bloody musician story!' I know, I know, believe me, I annoy myself! But I truly can't help it, I'm a sucker for them.

Someone told me years ago the key to being a good writer is to write about the things you love, so I do, my love is music and those that make it.

Music is my life; bands have always been a massive part of my life. I live for live music. When I'm happy, I listen to music, when I'm sad, I listen to music and when I'm stressed and on the edge of breakdown, I put my headphones in, block out the world, turn on some 90's R&B and escape life until I feel better. It's my happy place.

So yes, here's another story about the power that music and musicians have over me. If you don't already feel it, I hope this story helps you to feel it and if it doesn't... go stand in the front row of a rock concert, that'll do it!

This story came out of nowhere and has got me through a year of lockdown and separation and stress and heartache and all the emotions that many people have been feeling over this past year.

Despite being written in the first person, 'Olly' is not me, instead she is a mix of all the good people in my life who have been a constant source of strength, love and support.

I will never be the next J.K Rowling or the next Stephen King, I don't consider myself to be a good writer, I just write, good or bad, because it's the thing that makes me happiest, the thing that makes me excited to get up in the morning. All I want when I am writing is to feel something and if this book makes you feel something then that's a success in my book! (No pun intended!)

I hope you enjoy her story.

M x

P.s  - Ok, so the clumsiness is me. But that's it.

P.P.s – My publishers kindly let me out of my publishing contract at my request, sadly my introverted mind couldn't deal with the 'selling myself' promotion. A huge full-page picture of my face in our local newspaper was breaking point for me.
Also, the more I write, the more I realise that I need to own my own words and I need to have creative control over it, so this time I have done it all myself, editing and all! So maybe we can play a little game, of how many spelling and grammatical mistakes you can find! – I'm kidding! Please don't tell me, I've edited this for about 500 hours! If you find any, leave me blissfully unaware  x

P.P.P.s – You can tell me good things using #whathappensinglasto

Just for fun.. here's roughly the image of Olly & friends in my head but imagine them however you want :)