I like to say that my debut novel, MIRO, is a nine-year labour of love. What I really mean is that it was a nine-year labour of love, hate, discovery, angst and crippling doubt. I also like to say that MIRO is an ode to all the things that make us brave when we have little reason to be. In comparison to the struggles I explore in my book, getting published seems so small a thing, but today I needed a lot of that bravery to click the ‘Publish’ button, freeing MIRO onto Amazo