Chapter illustrations became a feature of my Princelings series, and in theory I like doing them. In practice, I get anxious about whether I can execute what I have in my head. I thought you might like to know what
CHERISHED Blogfest | Jemima’s guinea pigs
Guinea pigs came into my world on 26th July 2007. A red-letter day indeed. It was probably the first day of the rest of my life. At first I resisted making them my post for the Cherished BlogFest 2017. Then
Mapping the Realms – a job for #Inktober
I’m mapping the Realms again. I can understand if you don’t understand that, but it’s a little extra you can find on the Princelings website – a map of the Realms, the Princelings world, as relevant to books 1-5. Why
Illustrations in children’s books #AtoZChallenge
Illustrations in Children’s books (older children – 9 to 12 years old, or middle grade) has been a hot topic over at the Goodreads Great Middle Grade Reads group. Every time I find a book with illustrations I notice them
Happy Halloween
I’m sure I had a nice ‘Happy Halloween’ graphic to post on here, but here are some things you can do today if you don’t really want to go Trick or Treating. Do the Halloween Spooktacular Giveaway Hop, sponsored by
#Inktober update
We’re halfway through October, and so far I’ve managed to keep up with the Inktober challenge of a daily pen & ink sketch. If you follow me on Twitter you may have seen them, although I realise that the early
Tenth day, tenth month
Numbers like this in dates always give me a little frisson, much as I get for a really clever rhyme. I was watching the UK poet Pam Ayres on a tv wordgame show last week (Countdown), and she read a
#IWSG – When is your story ready?
The first Wednesday of every month is officially Insecure Writer’s Support Group day. You can join in with your own post and sign up here, or just go to the list and hop around, seeing what other gems people have posted, or
#Inktober
My wonderful cover illustrator, Danielle English, has been doing Inktober for a couple of years, and this year I went and looked behind her fabulous drawings to discover what it’s all about. Inktober is the A-Z Challenge of pen and