When asked the secret to finishing his 500 page masterpiece The Power of One, author Bryce Courtenay growled, “Bum glue!”

I waited in line for over four hours to get this mans signature on his latest book for my grandmothers birthday. I poped my eager young head around the corner to catch the sight of this amazing man that had create such amazing books. My pen and paper in my hand, something that was glued to me, jotting down ideas and thoughts as they filled my head. My worse fear was leaving the house with out something to write on. I was just a primary aged girl with big dreams of writing and he smiled at me. Every time I popped my head around the corner he was there with a little wave. When I finally got there he smiled at me, eying off my notebook- I told him I wanted to be a writer when I grew up and he smiled, passed me the pen he had been signing with saying " you will one day be as beautiful a writer as you are as a person, never give up" I walked away holding his still warm pen determined I would be a writer. Thank you Bruce Courtenay for lighting my fire xx