Category: children’s books

What I’ve Learnt as an Indie Author

In September 2015, I became an author and published my first children’s picture book The Dragon of Allerton Oak. Since then, I’ve published several more books but more important have been the lessons learnt along the way. Here are my top five. Writing the book is the easy bit! Yes…

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Lake Titicaca Part Two

Our sleep on the beautiful Amantani island was disturbed by what sounded like a colossal rainstorm. However, when we peeped out of the curtains the next day it had obviously been a sleet/hail storm. Yesterday we’d been wearing T-shirts and factor 50, today thermals.  We made our way cautiously down…

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The Importance of Picture Books

A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to go to an event at The Reader Org based in Calderstones Mansion, Liverpool http://www.thereader.org.uk/ The event was called Turning Pages Together and featured brilliant writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce and children’s editor Nicolette Jones as guests. I signed up to the event straight away. Picture…

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An Ivory Tower with Wheels!

As well as reading, I am also a prolific writer.  Before you start looking for my name on Britain’s Most Published list I have to stop you.  Although my dream would be to have some of my picture storybooks for children published the harsh literary world has so far remained…

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