Category: books

  • How to Draw Where’s Wally/Waldo? Children’s Book Illustration Character Analysis

    Wally appeared in the UK in 1989. He soon travelled to the USA and changed his name to Waldo. As he became more popular he acquired new names in new countries and his looks began to change. Children love to look for hidden things and get a buzz when they find them.  Waldo marches across…

  • How hard can it be to write a kid’s book?

    A kid’s book? Really? It can’t be that hard, can it? Well, not if you are an AI scammer who just wants to make a video about how easy it is to make a kid’s book. And it is easy, if you just want to see your name on a book to add to your…

  • How to cheat at being an author

    Last week I attended a webinar put on by the Society of Authors on the subject of AI (Artificial Intelligence). From the chat in the sidebar, it seems this is a subject that some authors are getting pretty worked up about. I should point out that Author covers everyone from Shakespeare to a Geography textbook…