Favourites

I think every writer has their favourite creations.

I think my favourite book so far is "In The Forest".

I just love everything about it. I created the illustrations using AI, and it came out absolutely beautiful. I am so pleased with it. 

I want to help make childhood a magical and innocent time.

One of my favourite poems - more of a ditty really - is a poem I wrote about my brother back in 1998 after an incident when he was biking home from Kings Lynn to Hunstanton.

Ode to Jed

Astride the bike, and pedalling fast,
our Jed, en route to Huns'ton wast
whence overtook by wasps, was he,
who stung with marked ferocity.

He dropped the bike and tried to run -
the wasps did follow. Oh what fun!
Five welts - their trophies on his skin -
Jed swears he'll ne'er do that ag'in!

So much going on

I'm still working on "Phoenix - Out Of The Ashes" and "Rose's Rhymes For Children" but am also now working with a young lass who is beginning to illustrate "Mister McAfferty's Cat" for me. She is very talented and I hope we can enjoy many years of collaborations, ahead.

I created a new character, Maisie, for a poem that I'm hoping to turn into a book. She's a quirky little miss, so I'm hoping I can get the illustrations to match her demeanour.

It feels good to be doing this. To finally be doing something consistently with my writing. It's amazing!