About Kate Tym

At the moment I'm feeling fabulous at forty one. I'm loving producing and sharing carefully crafted creations of the spoken word. I'm a female and a mother and I (finally!) married. And... I'm a writer! I've finally realised that there really is nothing else I can do and nothing else I want to do. I love words, I love playing with them and moulding them and getting them to say stuff in clever and funny and poignant ways. And I love sharing that with other people.

I had a very standard childhood - middley middley middle class, not that wealthy, but not poor either. I grew up in the North East (although I'm told I sound quite posh now) and regard myself as northern in sentiment although I've lived in the south for all of my adult life. My dad died when I was 13 which was absolutely horrendously awful - especially as pastoral care in 1981 amounted to them making an announcement in assembly and telling everyone to be nice to me! But I think in retrospect, his death has had a lot to do with who I am today and has given me an emotional breadth I may not otherwise have had.

I worked as a Commissioning Editor at Random House Children's Books before leaving in 1998 to go freelance and concentrate on my own writing - check out my extensive list of children's books - impressive huh?! Then I had an extraordinary number of babies in a very short amount of time (well three in four years) and found myself struggling to keep any sort of writing career together - especially as after baby number two I was own my own with two small children for a while. My brain turned to mush and the level of awakeness required to write completely eluded me - in fact I was so exhausted I could barely speak! But since the dad of baby number three came along and rescued me (don’t worry I rescued him too!) and baby number three is now no longer a real baby, I'm starting to get my life, my brain, my sleep and my creativity back.

I write all the time! I perform regularly and I also have a sideline writing bespoke poetry for weddings and other celebratory occasions. So if you're about to get married or just fancy commissioning a Kate Tym poem have a look at my other website www.theweddingpoet.co.uk and see what I can do for you.

So, welcome to my world, feel free to get in touch with your thoughts. If you enjoy, let me know, if you don't - tell me why...