Tag: author

  • Is storytelling the secret to illustration? Meet Renita Boyle Live

    On my live drawing show today, I’ll be talking to storyteller extraordinaire, Renita Boyle. We will talk about the role of storytelling in drawing and illustration, we’ll discuss mental health for creatives and we’ll be doing interesting things with Tea bags! (As well as having a cup of tea!)

  • World Book Day and School Author Visits

    Every year I get requests to visit schools for World Book Day. Every year I get requests the week before when someone realises they were meant to organise something for World Book Day! I know the same often happens to other authors too. So, I thought I’d write this a memory jogger. Next year World…

  • So you want to be an author?

    Tonight I’m attending the Monmouth Comprehensive School Careers and Higher Education Fair and I’m thinking what to say to the students that ask me for advice about becoming an author. It’s actually quite hard to give advice, as there is no career structure for authors and the internet is changing all our futures rapidly. Being…