Jingle Bells Anthology – in time for Christmas
I'm so excited. The team who published Teapot Tales: a collection of unique fairy tales is putting out a Christmas anthology. The theme for the book was "Jingle Bells" and I have submitted three stories to be included. All three stories have been accepted! One story...
Teapot Tales – Now available
I'm so excited - Teapot Tales: a collection of unique fairy tales is now available, both in print and online. This is my first book and having it here in my hot little hands is the best feeling. I already have two little boys lining up for their copies, signed of...
Happy Birthday to Me!
Today is my birthday. I was born on 3rd October, 1977. A few years ago, my older son, Mr N, asked me when I was born (he was born in 2002). I told him the year, and he replied: "Wow Mummy, you are over 1000 years old!" Cheeky monkey. For me, every birthday is a...
Does this look like part of a gadget?
This afternoon, I had fun reading Sam’s Solution, the story I wrote for this years Chapter Book Challenge, to my boys. They loved it. Mr Z said at a few places “Mummy, that sounds like what really happened to me”. There are still a few parts that need work, and one...
Editing using different devices
As well as planning for my next project, I have been editing the book I wrote as part of the Chapter Book Challenge. Up until today, I had simply been reading my draft on my laptop with the occasional print outs. I have been reading out loud as well as reading to...
I’m looking for the name of an author…
Since you’ve all been so wonderful in the past suggesting names for gadgets, characters, places, and generally with ideas, I thought I’d put this out there on my blog – I’m looking for the name of an author, but not just any author. I’m looking for the name of a...
The editing begins (or continues) – #ChaBooCha
The Chapter Book Challenge ends officially today, and I completed it. I have completed the first draft of my as yet untitled story. The file is saved as “Sam’s Story” but I know I need a better title than that! I have also started the edits. I’m going through chapter...
Happy Easter 2013
With much headbanging…
…and not the kind to music! I have been in the process of putting about 150 blog posts in to some sort of order, and it looks like it’s finally starting to come together. There are a few posts that don’t really fit with the book that will be deleted, some that need to...
Questions for writers?
In one of my writers groups on Facebook, one of my friends was asking about questions writers would like to be asked in an interview. A few of us have answered her question, but to help her out, I thought I’d ask here too. If you were to ask questions of a writer,...