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Sorry folks! I'm a bit behind on the blogging front and there have been two whole picture books without an update. What fun they have been too! At our inaugural meeting at Windsor Waterstones we welcomed Sophy Henn as our speaker for the evening. We had a brilliant time with Sophy who shared her experience [...]

My mailbox today brought me the news that my next story is not right for another agent list. I'm getting used to it now. I'm told that these rejections are badges of honour and that everybody gets them. It is almost a case of the more rejections, the better. Perhaps like people who fail their [...]

I was in a very lovely bookshop this morning looking for picture books that represent the wonderful variety in this genre of children's publishing. After my positive experience with the WI audition (see previous post on 'Inspiring the WI') I realised that I didn't have nearly enough books (enough books is definitely an oxymoron!). So [...]

This time last Tuesday I was anxiously awaiting my turn to speak in front of an audience of about 100 very influential ladies. These ladies had assembled from various WI branches to put four of us through our paces as potential WI registered speakers. The WI aims to 'inspire women'. I was hoping to inspire [...]

On Monday evening I was luck enough to be in the audience listening to Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston talk about their journey in creating 'A Child of Books' (Walker Books). This book is really a hymn to the power and joy of stories (especially in books). I had bought it previously and I must confess, [...]