Why I love Shannon Hale

Thursday, 21 April 2011, 15:52 | Category : Uncategorized
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I’m currently re-reading Goose Girl on my Kindle as I am currently between books and felt like a comfort read.  And I forget what a strong story it is and how fantastic a writer Shannon Hale is.   This paragraph made my heart soar: “I guess I never really knew what it meant, I just thought [...]

A day out in London

Saturday, 9 April 2011, 23:20 | Category : Uncategorized
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Mark and I booked a walking tour with Ian Bevan who led us and a group of around ten other interested people around the alleyways of the City. Mark works in the City and I work in the West End and we sort of pride ourselves on our knowledge of our adopted City.  Ian Bevan [...]

Undiscovered Voices 2012 – A Recap on the Evening

Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 12:52 | Category : Uncategorized
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I had the chance, along with a hoarde of other SCBWI members to attend the Undiscovered Voices event last night. For those who don’t know, Undiscovered Voices is an initiative by SCBWI British Isles where unagented, unpublished, authors have the chance to appear in anthology which is then sent out to agents and publishers and [...]

Intervention needed

Friday, 1 April 2011, 16:49 | Category : Uncategorized
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Moomin Bag!   I have no self-control – I hate Selfridges.  Just look what happened when I took a stroll! All these beautiful things jumped into my hands. Collection 1 – front and back   Collection 2 – front and back Collection 3 – front and back  Random tiny skinny notebooks – lined – picked up from [...]