Multi tasking

Doesn't time fly when you're lost in a book... I've spent the last few months getting my head down and focusing on getting my next book out, and the result is Basil and the Flappy Thing which will be out in the Autumn. Although it is a work of fiction, it was inspired by all my cats in some way, and I'm afraid it may be inspiring my cats to get up to more mischief, as one of the things in the book was only acted out in real life after I'd drawn the picture and written about the incident... I'd better be careful what I write and draw in future in case I give them ideas.

Pen and paper

My writing has gone back to basics lately - using pen and paper. It make s a nice change to write with a pen in a notebook, but it wasn't nostalgia for paper that sent me back to basics it was a litter of kittens... there's nothing like turning a computer on to wake up sleepy kittens and send them wandering across a keyboard or getting into places they shouldn't, making me jump up from the keyboard to overt a disaster.

I've often debated the role of a cat, whether they inspire or distract, and I'm still going with inspire. And when they stop distracting me I'll get all those notes, written while they walked across the page - or even chewed it, and I'll turn it into a book - but right now Bumble is sitting on the tumble dryer and eyeing up where he can jump next for maximum mischief...

December 1st...

I'm wondering where this year has disappeared to as I make a start on the last month of the year. I've been busy signing books at Christmas fairs, and getting some more of my book stocks out of their boxes and into the hands of children where they belong.

 

Yorkshire Craft Fair

I'll be at St Williams College in York this weekend at an autumn craft fair. This is a well established fair, but my first time at it, so I'm not sure how many books to pack... I can always restock for Sunday as it's a two day event.