Competition Results!

Thanks to everyone who entered the Milly and the Mermaids competition. The correct answer was, of course, Merman! I’m delighted to announce the three winners are Shauna Brady, Elsie Dawes and Rhian Ivory. Congratulations all. Expect your copies to come swimming your way very soon! All the best, Maudie Continue reading →

Under my sunhat

  It’s hot out there, folks, so don’t forget your sunhats, will you? I’m going to be needing mine more than ever shortly as I’m off to beautiful boiling Turkey. Lucky me! Right now, though, I’m getting up extra early each morning, trying to finish a draft of my new book, and dashing around buying … Continue reading →

Story Starters

Writers of fiction are often asked where they get their ideas from. Most of us would answer, ‘anywhere and everywhere’. That’s true, of course, but it’s not a very satisfying response. And what the flipping heck do we mean by it? All you need to start a story is a small and glowing spark:  a … Continue reading →

A Silly Woman Story

Here’s a story for you. A true one. It happened just last weekend when: … a rather silly woman noticed that her fingers were fatter than they used to be. “Hey hey hey!” the woman said to herself, “This means that the ring my husband gave me, always a little on the large side, might … Continue reading →

Anyone for table tennis?

I went to our local tennis club’s annual dinner last weekend. I was looking forward to eating – always do – but I wasn’t too sure about the event itself because there’s ‘a thing’ with it. The Chairman of the tennis club always insists that after each course we move round and talk to someone … Continue reading →

Mingle wanted!

Hi everybody. This is Garnet. He’s a mingle and I want one just like him. Maybe you can help. Let me explain. Garnet appears in my Opal Moonbaby books. In fact he belongs to Opal Moonbaby. She made him herself in the Minmangulator. That’s a special machine where you can mix up a mingled pet … Continue reading →

Puzzles and Penguins

It was World Book Day last week. I’m sure that can’t have escaped your notice! Like many other authors I put aside my usual uniform of pyjamas and fingerless gloves, got properly dressed and went trekking about in my car, visiting primary schools. I can tell you there’s nothing better than arriving at a school … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who entered the Opal Moonbaby competition. The correct answer is, of course, that Opal is an alien. I did love the idea that she might be an otter though. I’m particularly fond of otters, especially sea otters like this one. They’re so darned cute! Anyway, congratulations to the competition winners!  They are … Continue reading →

Opal Moonbaby Forever

Hi everyone. It’s a special week for me as I get to see the third and last of my Opal Moonbaby books come into print. It’s wonderful to have the full set in my hot little hands at last! I’ve been working on this trilogy for quite some time, since my girls were in junior … Continue reading →

Pleased to meet you!

Hi everyone and a very happy 2014 to you all. I’m Maudie and as one of the new kids on the blog, I thought I should introduce myself properly. This is me, caught in my pyjamas on Christmas Day by my younger daughter (who is 12 and into taking youies as well as selfies), while … Continue reading →