Forging can mean creating something strong and enduring – to forge a career, legacy or relationship, for example. The encouragement of my grandparents forged my love of gardening. If you forge ahead, you’re taking the lead or making good progress.

Forging can be to make an object from metal by heating and shaping it. A forged banknote is a forgery (fake, fraudulent copy) created by a forger.

You could help me forge my reputation as a writer by reading one of my books and then telling others about it, in person or via a review. As well as buying them online, you can read ythrough kindle unlimited, order at your local bookshop, or request them at your library (ebooks as well as paperbacks now).