I'm a dreamer, always have been. Since childhood I've had wild fantasies about dabbling in all kinds of different professions. In (roughly) age order I've wanted to be... A nurse A writer (because I wanted to be like Enid Blyton) An artist A ballet dancer Kylie Minogue A librarian An Olympic gymnast A writer (again, because I wanted to be like Judy Blume) A Red Coat at Butlins A journalist An actress A nurse (again - I actually applied to do a nursing degree at this point) A teacher Manager of a nursery A librarian (again - and I did get a job promoting library services to under 5s) A burlesque performer A professional book reviewer A writer (again, because I wanted to write a Christmas book) My mum has never been the pushy type but she's always encouraged me to strive to reach my goals. Sure, being Kylie was never likely, but she still put up with me perfecting the dance moves to 'The Locomotion' and when I became obsessed with gymnasti