Jan 10, 2017 | competition, life stuff, writing
Are you over 16? Or do you know someone who is? Do you like entering competitions? Is this the year you’re going to published? Or re-published? Is this the year you create the cover of a prize winning book? (You need to be over 18 for the illustrator one.)...
Dec 10, 2016 | inspiration, life stuff, writing
Whenever I take my dogs for a walk in town my puppy Freya thinks I’m taking her on a food hoover. There’s so many tasty things to find on the pavement and although I say ‘leave it’ and she does mostly some tasty things are too much to resist. Especially when there’s...
Nov 10, 2016 | events, inspiration, life stuff
Next week my golden retriever puppy Freya has been invited to be part of a ceremony at the Animals in War memorial to commemorate the animals that lost their lives in Wars and Campaigns. And I’ve been invited to go along with her and read a little bit...
Sep 10, 2016 | events, life stuff, new books, writing
Some people prefer to rehearse a lot before they give a performance and some are more comfortable just ‘winging’ it. The first way can lead to a polished professional performance, or not. The second way to a natural and friendly one, or not. I think live...
Aug 10, 2016 | events, inspiration, life stuff, new books, writing
I’ve just received an advance copy of my next book ‘The Great Fire Dogs’ to be published by Puffin at the end of August and sent it straight off to Zach because I loved his letter about my books and his dog 🙂 It doesn’t feel like very long ago I was going...
Jul 10, 2016 | life stuff, writing
For stories to be exciting a character needs to be out
of their comfort zone, either by choice, or more often by
force! Last Saturday I did something that was definitely out of my comfort zone that I’d never done before – I ran
the 5k Pretty Muddy Run...
