Creative Writing Archives - Storyteller & Children's Author

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…

Because We’re Worth It!

I’m very lucky, I have a job that I love. I’m a storyteller and children’s writer so I get to spend many hours reading great books, telling great stories and writing new adventures. But please remember, this is not a hobby, it’s a job.Amongst the many services I offer are…

World Book Day (well Week)

I LOVE World Book Day! I loved it when I was a teacher and I love it even more now I’m a storyteller and writer.These days, the day has turned into a week as I find myself visiting a range of different schools to offer different activities to complement their…

It’s Been a While…

So 2016 is nearly in its third month and I haven’t blogged since November!I can only apologise. It’s been a busy time at Lamby Towers.My blogs are going to be changing ever so slightly. From now on, this blog will cover all aspects of Little Lamb Tales, Little Lamb Phonics…

Treasure!

Last week, our Creative Writing Group ‘Little Yarns’ met for the first time in a couple of months and it was good to be back.For those of you not in the know, Little Yarns is a group of people who get together to share a passion for children’s literature. We…

Aspirations and Achievement

A couple of weeks ago, I received a phone call from a Primary School to ask if I would like to go and speak to the children. As part of their Aspirations and Achievement week, the children had been asked to suggest the kind of people and jobs they would…

Stories Full of Colour

Last Friday our Little Yarns Writing group met for the third time. With the Christmas tree twinkling in the background and mugs of tea for everyone we got down to the business of the day.As ever, the first part of the meeting was devoted to sharing more of our favourite…

It’s All in a Theme

On Friday, we had a our second Little Yarns Creative Writing group meeting. Now the clocks have gone back and the weather is getting colder the dreaded winter colds have started to arrive which meant our little group was even littler this week! However, we still had a lovely selection…

Like Minded People

Over the years I have been part of reading groups in various parts of the country. It’s always a good way to discuss ideas, characters, themes, plot and literature. There’s always something that someone else notices that you’ve never picked up on before. It’s a great way to expand your…

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