I'm sure, like many, I have a book in me - just need to get round to deciding which angle to write it from. (I always think we must write best from our own experiences, but I could be very wrong ...)
Successful, contemporary romantic fiction seems to capture the flavour of the times - positive references to gay couples, blended families, raising queries about God vs humanism / individual spirituality, encompassing love and loss ...
Once married to someone gay - tick
Now part of a blended family - 2 lovely stepsons - double tick
Former spouse once a vicar - raised all sorts of questions for me about church - tick
Lost husband (had a gay lover - him, not me) -tick
Lost home (vicarage ) as a result - tick
Single parent to 4 children - tick
Mature student - first class honours and won academic prizes - tick
Lost a daughter - no tick possible
Trained for a successful new career - big, fat, round tick
Remarried - huge, massive, gigantic tick
Now a granny - see above tick-rating and multiply
Yes, I have a book in me ....
All I have to do is decide on the title and I'll be away ... any suggestions - and bare in mind I have a keenly dark sense of humour