The Falling blog tour: Guest post from author Emma Kavanagh

Back in May I reviewed a fantastic new ebook, Falling, by debut author Emma Kavanagh. Due to it's phenomenal success, a paperback version has been released this month. Hurrah! As much as I love the convenience of reading electronically, nothing quite beats the feel of a real book! To celebrate the release, Emma has written this guest post sharing her thoughts on motherhood as part of her blog tour.

Author Emma Kavanagh

I am an author. I am a mother. I am a wife. I have two small sons - aged 3 years and 7 weeks. I always knew I wanted to be a mother, and yet for a long time my life revolved around my career. I lived alone, with only a cat for company (no stereotypes here) and travelled endlessly in my role as a police and military psychologist. It was a fascinating job, but made for a pretty lonely existence. Then I met my husband, had my first son and secured my publishing deal with Random House. Cue complete life change!

My eldest son is both fascinating and endlessly amusing. At 3 years old, his life has shifted entirely with the arrival of a new brother (who he adores) and starting nursery school. It is incredible to watch him experience his world independently and beginning to become his own person. On the flip side, he’s 3, which means essentially that I’m living with a very short teenager. I have no idea where he gets his smart Alec side. Must be my husband. He is deeply proud that his Mummy writes books and has a habit of marching into bookstores and libraries and announcing “Look, that’s Mummy’s book!” I’m working on getting him to slip copies into people’s baskets. Give me time.

My youngest is just beginning to react to the world and to the people around him. He has the best smile and the chubbiest cheeks you’ve ever seen. He also thinks I’m hilarious, which I think shows excellent judgement.

Motherhood is never easy - no-one ever said it would be. And I am luckier than most, able to design my working day around my children’s needs. But there is a downside to that. It means that there is rarely a time when I am completely off work. My second son is now seven weeks old and I am writing this stretched across his sleeping form. It’s fine. He’s dressed in a panda suit, so there’s an awful lot of cuteness going on here. My children bring me so much joy and so much exasperation, and even though there are times when I fantasise about escaping to an isolated cabin where no-one is touching me or wearing my underwear as a hat (what is with that?!), I know that I would last about 20 minutes before I needed those sticky cuddles again.

Falling by Emma Kavanagh, published by Arrow, at £6.99


You can follow Emma on Twitter @EmmaLK

I am the final stop on Emma's tour so you can hop over to the other blog stops right now!

Linking to #pocolo at vevivos.com #brilliantblogposts at honestmum.com and #readwithme at mamamummymum.co.uk