Judy Blume
The book I’m working on at the moment is for girls in their early teens and to get into the right headspace I’ve been rereading Judy Blume’s books. Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret had the LONGEST waiting list at my school. I still love the character of Nancy, who seems to know all the forbidden secrets. There was a girl just like that in my class during my last year of primary school Keep reading →
Something it has taken me 34 years to learn
One thing I have not learned in my 34 years is that when you are utterly sleep deprived you should leave important things, such as ATMs, well alone. But one thing I have learned is that you should always ask for what you want, since if you don’t, nobody knows. So. Keep reading →
Florence
If you would like to know who is in charge at my place, it isn't me. It's a black cat called Florence and she looks like this.
She is always the first to hear about my new story ideas. Sometimes she looks really fascinated but often it just turns out that there was a moth behind me.New blog!
It’s taken me a while to organise a proper website-with-blog but here it is at last, thanks to Jin Wang & Co who I cannot recommend highly enough for their beautiful designs, speedy and efficient service, can-do approach and patience with the incredibly dim (when it comes to all matters pertaining to technology). The wise generally concur that a blog ought to have a clear focus and a definite target audience in mind. Unfortunately I have a tendency to think about different things on different days... So this is a blog about children's books (which I both write and read) but also about making things (which I love), sociology (which I teach and also love), friends, family, gardens, cats, ideas and who knows what else? Not even me just yet.
