Sign up to the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from school closures to ways to entertain the kids A mum whose work as a party princess dried up during lockdown has published her first children's book.
Knowing she had to look for an alternative career, Lea Reveley decided to take the plunge and not only write a book, but to also study the self-publishing process and set up a publishing brand of her own.
With a background in marketing, she's used to putting pen to paper and having three children herself, 10-year-old Stanley, Ellie, eight, and Chester, four, she was able to bounce her storylines off them, as well as roping in some of their friends for feedback.
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