Once Gail Ashton could be found in a Birmingham back yard with a failed guard dog. Now she inhabits woods, fields and edges and walks with her mad dog and deer. A former university lecturer in medieval literature and teacher of English and Drama, she scribbles all day long and bakes cake Sometimes she teaches creative writing and even finishes writing or editing books. Follow her on Twitter @gailashton2012. Read her blogs and visit her websites at http://www.gailashtonwriting.wordpress.com and http://www.medievalafterlives.wordpress.com