Each step toward a new beginning brings with it anticipation and I have been counting down the days while pretending that nothing is happening. In the midst of so much I did something crazy and finally finished my first picture book. It’s been sitting in my draw for years for a combination of reasons. AContinueContinue reading “When doubt creeps in”
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Author questions 1-5
1. What is the most valuable piece of advice you’ve been given about writing? I actually had the most unhelpful advice and that was “no one wants poetry”. I would have two to three times the amount of poems without this advice, but I was too impressionable to realise. For fantasy, the most valuable adviceContinueContinue reading “Author questions 1-5”
Preparing for a Book Fair
With four days to go it’s panic time. Did I order enough books? Do I have enough postcards? This will be the first book fair I have been to as an author. It exhilarating and nerve wrecking all at the same time. The cat’s idea of helping consists of opening the boxes and pulling theContinueContinue reading “Preparing for a Book Fair”