Writer fights technology - and wins!!

OK, not to blow my own trumpet or anything... but, I have just overcome another hurdle, conquered the learning curve and other such buzz phrases. The point is I've managed to add an except from Basil and the Flappy Thing despite the best efforts of technology to thwart my attempt...

So here you are - the first 5 pages to whet your appetite:

 A book for anyone who's held the cat flap open as their cat gave them that look, you know the one... the one where your cat appears to be humoring you from their intellectual high ground.

The art of being busy. Looking busy v being busy and productive...

This afternoon, right this minute I look very busy - I'm typing away at the laptop with notes and a pencil case next to me: I don't even have a cat climbing on me (well not right now anyway). And yet I don't feel like I'm being busy in a productive way...

Why is it that I am actually being more productive when I appear to be doing nothing? ...sat with my feet up proofreading, with a cat asleep at my feet - you see even he thought I was having a nap, and came to join me...

Captain thought proof reading was author speak for nap time.

Maybe I should be more cat - sitting on the garden bench apparently thinking about nothing seems to be the best place to solve the sort of problem that can never be solved sat in front of a computer screen... These are the sort of problems that have to be snuck up on when they're least expecting it.

Come and sit down - look we left a place for you.

Book signing this weekend

It's book signing time again - time to load up a selection of books, not to mention the little flock of sheep that have now become part of deal. Lets hope the birds of prey who're also going to be at the fair, don't spot them and try to carry one off, they're not to scale after all, so might be just the right size for a bird to carry off...

                                   
                                          

Floundering in the dark, searching for that spark

I've been hard at work this morning trying to work through some ideas online, but like many other things it seems like I'm floundering in the dark, until finally I'll come across that spark that illuminates everything, and all becomes clear.

So... as I can't seem to find that spark today I'll talk about books... learning to read is a hurdle that we all have to get over to get to the treasures that can be found in a book. I can still remember when reading finally clicked for me, and reading became easy. For me, as I'm sure for many others, it was an Enid Blyton book that was my first book that I couldn't put down, I just couldn't get enough of the Faraway Tree.

And so everyone needs a book that grabs their imagination, and makes them want more... I believe that anyone who says they don't enjoy reading has simply not found the right book yet. That's not to say that every book I read grabs me, but when one does, I can be totally lost in a book, and people around me may have to shout to get my attention. :)