Tag: writing

  • So Little Time

    I’m off to my holiday cottage in South Wales agin this week. No, not for a holiday, but a week in schools, talking about writing. Meantime, I’ve been asked for some finished drawing s of Axel Storm by tomorrow morning, as I’l have no more time next week. I’ve stories to write and illustrations to…

  • I love it when a plan comes together!

    I’ve been telling a story about this little girl in schools and libraries for about ten years now. The story has changed and evolved in that time. I thought I had it cracked when I rewrote it around a pop-up gimmick I invented. But the banks crashed, the recession hit and it proved too expensive.…

  • Writing funny!

    For the first time in my life, I’ve written something that has made me laugh out loud! Actually it brought tears to my eyes. It’s the character that did it – Axel Storm’s bombastic Uncle Ritchie’s character is expanding as I write. He’s a monster! I never knew this until I began writing him in.…