On the final day of 2017 I'm going to shout about some of the things that have brought me joy over the past twelve months. Personally, I had a pretty great year, and I'm hugely thankful to end the year in remission from Crohn's Disease. Good health allowed me to have a productive writing year, with the publication of 'The Café in Fir Tree Park' in May and 'Joe and Clara's Christmas Countdown' in October. I gained a friend and agent in Julia Silk in June and drafted the first book in a series, which I'm currently in the process of editing - it's due to go out on submission to publishers in early 2018. I became a vegan. I walked a lot. I spent quality time with family and friends. As a fan of live music I saw (amongst others) old favourites (Take That, Frank Turner) and little-known gems (Charlie Barnes, Felix Hagan and the Family); world-wide megastars (Blondie, Ed Sheeran, Harr...