I was touched and honoured to have over 100 people attend to celebrate the release of Magic Mummy.

The children attending had fun writing and drawing about their own magic mummies.

The lovely Karen and Kristen from Black Dog Books.

This is my own magic mummy.

I was lucky to receive lots of good wishes, cards and flowers. It was a lovely day.

Poet, Marian Spires, who did a wonderful job as MC.

Here I am with fabulously talented illustrator, Christina Miesen.

It was wonderful having my friends and family surround me on such a special day. This is me with my friend Carol. We have been friends since we were 11 years old.

This is one of the writing groups I belong to - the Lazy River Writers. They are a great support to me, and workshopped the first draft of Magic Mummy. I love this photo because we were all laughing - it was such a fun day.

Three people who helped make the afternoon a great success. From left to right: Children's author, Delwyne Stephens who launched my book, author and writing buddy, Vicki Thornton, who read Magic Mummy and kept the kids busy, and writer and photographer, Jenni Ivins, who was official photographer.

Speech time - I survived, lol.