For World Book Day later this week I’ll be visiting a local school to to talk to three different classes of Year 6 pupils. Apart from the obvious abject terror gripping my heart, I’m really looking forward to the day. I get to talk to them about writing and creating characters and where ideas come [...]
I’ve been a bit quiet lately – mostsly I’m obsessing about revising and chopping and changing things. But don’t let this fool you thinking I’ve done a vast many things. I have done all of two chapters. Part of it was a rewrite. But mostly, it is deep thinking. About my writing and own creativity. [...]
The week before we left for Prague was dark. Our building recepitonist stopped me the one morning as I can in and asked me if I was okay as I looked so unhappy. I was really startled. I had no idea that my inners were visible on my outers. And I was unhappy. Birthdays – [...]
At the end of last year I decided on a very firm New Year’s resolution: not to buy books in 2011. *pause and let that sink in* This doesn’t mean that I won’t stop reading or anything like that, no – it was more a case of taking charge of a habit I’ve gotten into these [...]
