• Axel Storm PictureWell, that’s the second book of Axel Storm finished. Phew! Off to the Post office with it tomorrow and away it goes to My Publishers, Orchard, in London.
    One more story to write, which I really must get down to this week. But I’m off to visit a school near Caerphilly tomorrow and on Wednesday I’m going to have a fab day with “my class” (that’s Rowan Class at Whitchurch School in Herefordshire), who are going off to visit a school in Handsworth in inner city Birmingham tomorrow. The Handsworth School are coming to Whitchurch on Wednesday and we are going to spend the day in their Forest School, having campfires and such like. Should be fascinating to see what the children that live in totally different areas make of each others lives!

  • It’s Father’s Day and my children have totally surprised me! I pretty well gave up eating chocolate after Christmas (maybe it was a reaction to too much chocolate!) I’ve replaced sweeties with fruit (and have lost quite a bit of weight too). And it appears my children have noticed this as they bought me this wonderful hamper full of fruit for Father’s Day.

    I gorged myself on cherries that, only yesterday, I thought still a bit expensive in the shop. I didn’t mind at all. I ate cherries with my morning cup of tea before I’d even got dressed. Ah! what joy – what a privilege! Thanks Kids.

  • I’m well into book two of Axel Storm artwork now. The book is called Storm Rider. Axel gets caught up in the ropes of a helium balloon and dragged up into the sky where a violent storm is brewing. Is he going to make it? You’ll have to wait until the books come out later this year to find out, but here is a sneak preview of some of the artwork I did today – the very moment that axel is hauled up into the air.

    Actually, this is all great fun for me as I’ve not drawn artwork for about four years now, I’ve done my last four series entirely on the computer. It was a bit strange at first, but I’m getting into the swing of it now. The lady at the post office is pleased to see me with my bundles of artwork. It’s not quite the same, just pressing a button and emailing a whole books worth of artwork in seconds.