I Forgot To Take My Pill! An Honest Diary Of A First-time Mum by Sharyn Hayden

What would you say to writers who are considering self-publishing? I think I will be far more protective of the novel and, if I’m honest, worried about setting it free. Yep, the novel is SO different in the sense that it’s very dark and has a really serious subject matter which is so far removed from the comedy of I Forgot To Take My Pill. I wrote a bleedin’ book!’ĭo you think it will feel different when you hold your finished novel in your hands? I wasn’t just being difficult and playing Solitaire on my computer or something. Something that you could show everyone and say ‘See? It’s REAL. You are giddy because all of the times you demanded some space and free time to get it done actually resulted in something tangible. How did you feel when you held your own book in your hands for the first time? Whichever way it had to happen was fine with me (I self-published ultimately) – it just sort of confirmed to me that I am a writer, and I needed that. I wrote it because I was determined to tick ‘Published Author’ off my list of Things To Do. Tell us about your non-fiction book you published? Why did you write it?

At the moment, I am sort of lying to everyone that I’m in work if I have a day off and parking myself somewhere quiet to work on my own projects. It changes a lot, especially now that I have two small kids and family needs change so frequently. What is your writing routine? Has it changed over time? I am trying to finish a few things that I started two years ago and haven’t been able to get back to until now – a novel, a play and a sitcom – in that order! What a shame! Anyway, I am now 38 and have been firmly back at it for seven years or so – I realised that I couldn’t live without it. My twenties got all jumbled up with disastrous dalliances with the wrong men, working in the wrong jobs and flitting around a bit aimlessly so I really have nothing written for most of that decade. I wrote short stories when I was a small kid, then theatre plays when I was a teen. Tell us about your writing background, have you always written?

She is working on a number of projects including a novel with dark undertones. In 2015, she published I Forgot To Take My Pill, a non-fiction book and honest diary of being a first time Mum. Sharyn Hayden is a journalist with Irish parenting website a blogger, a comic actress and a business owner.

I Forgot To Take My Pill! An Honest Diary Of A First-time Mum by Sharyn Hayden