I don’t have all the answers, but these are some of the things that have helped me: With that in mind, I’ve been tweeting under the #livewell hashtag (Twitter is always the best place to connect with me: it’s true that the creative spark doesn’t die out when you have a life-altering condition, you do have to find ways to nurture it. This post is too short to be a self-help manual, but my New Year’s resolution for 2018 was to raise awareness of how life can get in the way of art and provide some insights into the ways I’ve made it work. I have pain, vertigo, tinnitus, and a range of other issues that you really don’t want to know about.

But I am chronically ill, and my output is affected by what is going on inside my unpredictable head. Climb the mountain, run the marathon, paint the picture…write the book. I tell people my story to give them the message that, no matter what life throws your way, you should go for your goals. Since my brain tumour diagnosis, I’ve published fifteen books with Harlequin/Mills and Boon and SMP Romance, with more in the pipeline. I haven’t given it a cute name and I don’t want it inside my head, but I’ve learned how to live with it.

It’s dedicated to those of us with brain tumours and to everyone who cares for us. I still think of Otherworld Protector, my first Harlequin Nocturne, as the book of my heart. I was determined to finish the first book in my contract on time. Apart from the excruciating migraines I was suffering, it felt like 2015 might be my year.Ī few weeks later, I was sitting in a neuro-surgeon’s office trying to take in the news that I had a brain tumour.Īlongside the fear and uncertainty I was feeling at that time, I clung to my writing. I’d also just found out I was going to be a grandmother for the first time. In February 2015 I was on a high, having signed a contract with Harlequin Mills and Boon for three books in their Nocturne (paranormal) line. Here she talks about this and we also discuss her upcoming novels for 2018… Jane is a multi-published author living with a brain tumour. Today we welcome Jane Godman to the blog, talking about writing with a life-altering condition.

Otherworld Protector by Jane Godman