After all, who are we, the great uneducated, to question her omnipotence? – Joyce, Finding Joy
Thank you very much Margaret Chrystall and The Inverness Courier for creating this article about my novel and about Lyme disease – out today! Not long now until my talk with the Highland Literary Salon.
Thank you very much Margaret Chrystall and The Inverness Courier for creating this article about my novel and about Lyme disease – out today! Not long now until my talk with the Highland Literary Salon.
Posted by Morven-May MacCallum on Friday, 14 July 2017
Thank you so much to everyone who donated to Lyme Disease UK at the book launch of Finding Joy. You helped raise a fantastic £68.87.
Thank you so much everyone who donated to Lyme Disease UK at the book launch of Finding Joy. You helped raise a fantastic £68.87.
Posted by Morven-May MacCallum on Saturday, 1 July 2017
Thank you so much Cosplay North for your fantastic fundraising for Lyme Disease UK – thank you very much! Kris raised a brilliant £58.11
Posted by Morven-May MacCallum on Friday, 21 July 2017
Thank you very much Jackie Mackenzie and North Star Scotland for being at the launch of ‘Finding Joy’ and for creating this article to help raise awareness for Lyme disease!
Thank you very much Jackie Mackenzie and @NorthStarScotland for being at the launch of 'Finding Joy' and for creating this article to help raise awareness for Lyme disease!
Posted by Morven-May MacCallum on Thursday, 22 June 2017
I was really delighted to be invited to the Scottish Parliment by Lyme disease UK, a non-profit organisation, who do brilliant work to help raise awareness for Lyme disease. It was such an adventure being well enough to travel to Edinburgh and to get to see the parliament at work. I never anticipated that my novel would help up before the Scottish Parliament MSP Maree Todd!
Ticks can carry a nasty infection called Lyme disease. If it is not diagnosed or treated early it can develop into a debilitating and devastating chronic illness. I urge everyone to familiarize themselves with the ways to avoid tick bites – by wearing long-sleeved and light-coloured clothing, avoiding long grass, wearing insect repellent, ensuring that ticks are removed promptly, and treating dogs so that they do not get ticks.If you have had a tick bite and a bulls-eye rash appears, or you start feeling flu-like symptoms, you should go and see your GP. Lyme Disease UK
Posted by Maree Todd MSP on Thursday, 15 June 2017
On the 23rd of May I was interviewed by Kaye Adams on BBC Scotland.
You can listen to the interview below:
Yesterday the Press and Journal published the interview I did discussing my misdiagnosis and my book, go check it out here:
She fought NHS for years… Then a private doctor proved she had Lyme Disease
I’m delighted to say that debut novel ‘Finding Joy’ is due to be released 31st of May 2017.
More details to come shortly, please see an excerpt below:
“I would like to introduce myself, I feel it’s only fair. Only I know you so well now, you might get a scare. I know you know I’m in there, though I crept with greatest stealth: I am the hidden monster buried within yourself.”
Joyce is only sixteen when she’s torn from the life she loves. Two-years pass, but Joyce, her family, and her best friend Logan, are no closer to learning what’s causing her dizzying array of symptoms. As Joyce tries to come to terms with her increasing limitations those around her struggle to understand what she is going through. Baffled and unsure, the Doctors eventually diagnose Joyce with ME and CFS. But when Joyce and her family refuse to accept this diagnosis, her mental stability is called into question. Desperate for the truth and scared for Joyce’s life, their only hope lies in a private hospital where she is diagnosed with Lyme disease. Can Joyce survive a treatment as brutal as her illness? Can she find her way in a world she no longer recognises?
Reviews
“‘Finding Joy’ is compelling and beautifully written, providing a telling insight into what it is like to live with Lyme disease which is a highly misunderstood illness.” – Natasha Metcalf, Lyme Disease UK