So, when I reflect on where I was this time last year, it was not far along the writing path. Then, I found @writing community on...

I started with a little tap, tap this evening and ended up submitting a PB for the Write Mentor PB Competition and the Novel competition....

Gosh! I can’t believe how the time has flown! I have been busy with writing picture books drafts for the November Critique Train,...

I had aspirations for completing a new novel during NaNoWriMo but I forgot two essential things, I work full time and I have two children...

I really enjoy these monthly PB Buzz round ups on new picture books to read. I love Mindy’s authentic reflections which show a real...

Glender was a graceful goose with an elegant neck. She roamed the farmyard on her webbed tip toes. Bag in wing. The epitome of glamour....

An event that celebrates the writing and critiquing of Picture Book texts! 👍 I do like the writing community on Twitter 🐦 and the...

I have always known that I would write a book about the Titanic. Ever since the age of 8, I have been obsessed with the ‘unsinkable’...

[ILLU -Louis is a skeleton] Photo - 4 Halloween- Credit: Matthew Henry / Burst and Photo - 5 Fall- Credit: Carol Hinz In his day, Louis...

What a pace it has been since late August! In terms of school return, work and all that normal stuff that has been fast-paced, but the...

I have read and engaged with so many interesting webinars, podcasts, workshops and conferences over the last few months. Each one yields...

I have been trying to think about a few ideas I have for picture books and work them into story arcs. It feels a bit forced this week and...

I have been listening to recorded and live webinars about writing in general and writing picture books. I have really enjoyed catching up...

I listened to a Picture Book Summit podcast excerpt last night on allowing time for writing and the role of procrastination. There were...

So it’s been a while and what have I been doing? I have spent a lot of free time or when walking listening to the recordings I bought...

I continued to work on my picture book text I started editing during Confab. The event helped me to realise that, although I like...

I spent the weekend on a kidlitconfab about Non-Fiction. The Writing Barn is in Austin, Texas and I am in the UK. This is one of the...

I have been struggling a lot these last few weeks with point of view in picture books. I tend to automatically gravitate to the narrator...

These were my March goals, which I posted on one of the forums:  enter competitions ✅  Join groups ✅  Launch website and blog ✅...

I have spent a wonderful couple of hours indulging in a recorded session with Wendy K Larson about non-fiction structures. She is a...