Tag: self-publishing

  • Firefly Press Writing Competition – Stories in a contemporary Welsh Setting

    I’m thrilled to have just signed a contract with Firefly Press, a brand new Welsh publisher. No, I’m not writing a book in Welsh but a book in English with a strong Welsh theme. You could be writing writing one for them too, as they have a competition to find a new writer. They are…

  • Little Horrors!

    I was childishly pleased when I came up with the series title, Little Horrors. They’re horror stories for small children, whom we often call little horrors themselves. Actually there’s no horror in them at all, just the suggestion. They are meant to be funny with moments of doubt… Shiver with fear.. shake with laughter, as…

  • The Open Dyslexic Font

    I recently came across the Open Dyslexic Font, which was created by by Abelardo Gonzalez. The font is weighted at the bottom so the gravity allows the letters to stay put on the line. When I found it, I’d just finished making my first Little Horrors book, The Swamp Man, available as an iBook on the…