It’s my last post and I’m sorry to say goodbye. So sorry that I’ve been putting off writing it. Now it’s super late and I’m racing against the clock and just realised (at 9.30 a.m) that I didn’t press the right button last night, so that’s why this is overdue! Mulling over what to write … Continue reading
It hardly feels like a week since my last blog let alone a month! That’s because it’s been a really busy few weeks since getting the last notes on ‘Fenn Halflin and the Seaborn’ (to be published in July) and school visits for World Book Day, where I’ve been running workshops to help children write … Continue reading
This post should have some kind of health warning as there are some ridiculously adorable photos of a puppy in it that could melt your heart. We’re just over a month into the New Year, and I’m a week into owning new puppy! Meet Didi! Here she is on her first day at home. Didi … Continue reading
Hi everyone, I’m so happy to have been asked to join GirlsHeartBooks as one of their guest bloggers for the next few months. What a fabulous place to talk about books and writing – and other things! So a little bit about me; ‘I’m a writer.’ There, I’ve said it! That tiny sentence is surprisingly … Continue reading
Hiya! I bet you’ve all heard the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, but often it’s hard not to, isn’t it? After all, what makes you pick up a book by an author you’ve never heard of? Do you prefer pictures or photos – or neither? Does the colour of the cover make … Continue reading
Australian born Melissa Keil is our guest blogger this week. Melissa is a self confessed ‘giant book nerd’ who spends her days as a children’s book editor and most of the rest of her time reading, writing, buying comic books, watching YouTube, and wrangling a cheeky (and totally gorgeous) spoodle named Hugo. Welcome to GHB, … Continue reading
Claire O’Brien is the author of the Cordelia Codd series as well as several titles in the Oxford Reading Tree including Absolutely Awful Adults, and a retelling of Pinocchio that will be out in 2016. She is currently working on updating some little-known French fairy tales from the 17th century where Cinderella has to deal … Continue reading
Bumblebees bottoms, have we a treat for you. Cas Lester’s here with a special guest blog. Cas spent many years working in children’s television drama with CBBC. She made several award winning programmes including Jackanory, Big Kids, Kerching! and the Story of Tracy Beaker. Now she’s writing brilliant books for children like NIXIE THE BAD, … Continue reading
This week GHB welcomes an exciting new author, Sarah Govett to the guest blogger spot. Sarah’s debut novel ‘The Territory’ publishes in May and she’s here to tell us the inspiration behind it. Welcome to GHB, Sarah. Try to imagine for a moment that it’s forty odd years from now. We didn’t cut back on … Continue reading
It’s November, the month when thousands of writers will be tapping away at their keyboards, trying to write 50,000 words of a novel in just 30 days. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is a totally bonkers, seemingly impossible project – but if it wasn’t for NaNo, I doubt I’d be writing this blog today.
My book, Murder Most Unladylike, started life as a NaNoWriMo novel in 2011. Continue reading
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