Joanne Bolton started writing when she was eleven, focusing mainly on poetry for many years. While poetry is her first and foremost love, and what she is best at, the occasional story does grace her imagination. She began her first book, Fighting Darkness, in 2010 and finally considered it 'worthy' of being published in 2016 after six drafts. There are other stories she is working on, as well as an anthology or two up her sleeves. Joanne has been diagnosed with Bipolar, Depression, Anxiety and Social Phobia. She is also an insulin dependent diabetic. Writing for her is a cathartic way to release pent-up emotion as well as explaining, to the best of her ability, what it feels like to be her. All her written works from the last ten years or so can be found on her Deviant Art site: http://magicaljoey.deviantart.com