Round up a Bestseller from Lost in a Book

Round up a Bestselller while its still at its promotional price for May.

 But I'm Not Sleepy - It'll make you think twice before you start counting sheep to get to sleep, unless you already have a sheepdog to hand that is... 

Putting books in the hands of babies and toddlers

Introduce a child to the right books at the right age and they'll be hooked on books for life...

Books should be fun, reading isn't a chore, it's  a joy to be shared with the next generation, and the earlier the better.

Books are precious, but it's what they contain that's the precious part, they're not some breakable ornament to be left on a shelf, they're to be opened and read, and yes, creased and maybe even torn, how else is a new reader going to learn how to handle a book, other than by handling as many as possible from as young as possible.

So put books in the hands of babies and toddlers and give them a precious gift - the love of books.

The ultimate way to a good night's sleep...

 But I'm Not Sleepy  a bedtime story to make you think twice about counting sheep...

Lucy is jumping for joy... 

Why?  because it's bedtime and she knows she's going to have a bedtime story, and she does love a bedtime story!

The sheep are running around in circles...  

Why? - they have no idea, they're all  following each other like sheep do.

And what about Downboy the sheepdog?  Well he's just trying to do his job and round up all the sheep. Which isn't easy while Lucy is trying to count them to send herself to sleep...

But where will it all end? ...with sheep crashing around Lucy's room it

doesn't look like anyone will be getting any sleep...

The need to make a mess

What is it about editing that makes me want to do some messy art...? Maybe it's the process of trying to clean up any errors that's making my creative side rebel - or maybe I just want to make a mess... Either way I'm feeling myself drawn towards paints and maybe a bit of glue...

So what conclusion should I draw from this need to make a mess - maybe artwork is a good thing to do alongside editing, to bring some balance back.

I'm Not Sleepy - but is counting sheep the answer?

But I'm not sleppy," said Lucy.
“Then I’ll let you into a secret,” said Granny. “When I can’t sleep I count
sheep. It always works for me.”
“Have you got sheep Granny?” asked Lucy, her eyes wide with
excitement. “Where are they? Are they in your knitting bag?”

Lucy looked everywhere...
She even looked in Granny’s knitting bag, just in case.
“I’ve lost my sheep Granny, and I can’t find it anywhere,” said Lucy.
“That’s because you’re looking in all the wrong places,” said Granny.
“Now get back into bed and close your eyes. Where there’s one sheep,
another one always follows.”

...and so Lucy started counting sheep - but the more she counted, the more sheep came jumping into the bedroom, until only Downboy the sheepdog could round them up...

Buy the book now and find out if Lucy ever gets any sleep...

Round up a bestseller...

Round up a bestseller this weekend, and find out how Downboy the sheepdog gets on with a herd of unruly sheep, who charge about Lucy's bedroom, as Lucy tries to count them, to try and get to sleep...

But I'm Not Sleepy is bestseller at Lost in a Book - and the secret seems to be that everyone has a child in their family who just doesn't want to go to sleep, and will try anything to stay up a bit longer - strangely, not many of these people seem to remember being just as bad when they were little...

Author reading and book signing

I've been invited to do a reading and book signing at https://www.facebook.com/SecretEventDesign in July.


This came about because one of my books The Monster Under The Bed set out into the world to share a story - a story born in my imagination, put into print and now out there around this country and beyond. It's great to hear from a family who have enjoyed reading and sharing my story.

Books are a wonderful thing - and reading to babies and young children is such an enjoyable way to give them a life long love of books. Spark the imagination and get to know the characters, and just lose yourselves in a good book.

Keep up to date with events I'm attending on Lost in  Book's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lost-in-a-Book/145249238859854

How to get your cat to use the cat flap

Basil watches as Mr Feed-Me opens the cat flap. He sits and looks at him through the new hole in the door - but it's going to take a lot more than that to get him to adopt it as his new door...

Read the excerpt, buy the book and share the fun...

Book signing

Book signing in my online bookshop - the books at the ready, the pen is poised... The characters in the books are all getting excited to be off to new homes to be set loose into the imaginations of young readers everywhere.

But I'm Not Sleepy is still on Spring promotion at just £5 and all my books are postage free, so why not browse around this weekend, you might just stumble across your next favourite book...

Sales team...

The Lost in a Book sales team (still me...) is now in full swing and enjoying the new challenges of boosting sale, and also looking forward to any bonus that might be forthcoming. The chance of a mini break is a big incentive, but if sales don't pick up this might be downgraded to a micro break, or even a walk in the garden... but less of the negativity - positive thinking and bonuses - that's what's needed here...


Meanwhile the characters of the books are getting restless... Iver No-idea from Doodle Mayhem is the worst for this, and quite likely to start being disruptive and kicking letters around into an unreadable jumble. Maybe I should enlist his help in promoting sales, if nothing else it'll give him something to do, and keep him busy.

Spring promotion - grab a bestseller at new low price

My sales team (me) have been brainstorming ideas (if it's possible to brainstorm by oneself without causing concern...) and the team (still me...) have come up with...

A spring promotion! and where better to start than with Lost in a Book's Bestseller But I'm Not Sleepy 
Not so long ago we had snow on the ground and A Face Full of Snow was a great seasonal read, and now with lambs in the fields what better to read about than a herd of rebellious sheep...
But before you start counting sheep to get off to sleep - make sure you have a sheepdog to round them up, or you could have  your own sheep trouble...

Inspiring book sales

So the books are written, they're waiting eagerly to go out into the world and entertain, so what's stopping them?

Nobody knows they're there - they have to shout to be heard above the crowd. In a world where google seems to have the answer to everything I did the obvious and googled  'inspiring sales' to which I was given lots of useful advice about bonuses and incentives to make my 'sales staff' sell more. So... as I am my sales staff I'm wondering what to bribe myself with first - a new car, a mini break, a private swimming pool...