A new author’s personal journey about the joy and pain writing her first book, Olga – A Daughter’s Tale, and first screenplay, Olga, based on her book. This book is not a ‘how-to guide’ on writing either a book or a screenplay. It’s an account of my personal journey writing, promoting and pitching both my book Olga – A Daughter’s Tale and the screenplay based on my book, Olga. A journey that has brought joy and frustration, in unequal measure – some joy and a lot of frustration! I thought it worth sharing my experience since it may assist new writers who are thinking about writing either a book or screenplay from making the same mistakes I did. I’ve written honestly about the highs, the lows, the successes, the mistakes, and sometimes, the luck that I had with both the book and the screenplay.