Alice Judge-Talbot

I have a one-year old and a three-year old on my own, so when you combine single motherhood with trying to grow a full-time business both my time and mental capacity at maximum. Too maximum for the tax-mum

And as hard as I try, sitting in front of the fire with a SAD lamp and Malibu and Coke doesn’t quit have the ‘Pina Colada on a tropical beach’ feel I’m after. And for all this grown-up fun I’m looking to go to Iberostar Cancun Star Prestige, a new five-star vacation experience on the beautiful shores of Quintana Roo. Not only do you get all this at the Iberostar Cancun Star Prestige but you will also have access to the Iberostar Cancun, a neighboring family resort: double your dining, sports and entertainment options by hopping over to another one of Cancun’s most popular resorts! You can find Iberostar’s 5-star luxury closer to home at the beautiful Iberostar Llaut Palma resort.

I always knew I wanted to write a book and, although I wasn’t 100% sure what it was going to be about or the form it would take, I knew I had to get better at writing to do it. Spending 8 years here honing my individual voice and skill writing 1500 words a week left me in really good practice when it came to writing a book (and being paid for it). To sell a book to a publisher you’ll need to find a niche that you can represent in a way no author has previously Figure out your niche To sell a book to a publisher you’ll need to find a niche that you can represent in a way no author has previously. you’ll have an idea of what you want to write, whether that’s a crime novel, a memoir or a kids’ book – but your ideas won’t fully take shape until you write them down.

I first met Lucy last summer as she was hosting a pop-up BORN AT DAWN store at my friend Hayley’s studio. I loved the name BORN AT DAWN as it represents new beginnings, the start of a new day As I work at home a lot, I found it tough to make that switch between work and home which comes so automatically when you enter a workplace- your work time is much more defined when you work for someone else and there is always something more you could be doing when it’s your own business. Hayley Southwood, Founder of Southwood Stores and Southwood Social Hub is another constant inspiration throughout my journey setting up BORN AT DAWN.