by admin | Oct 2024 | Author Insights, Blog
Making Presentations Better (and Easier) On a cool Saturday in May, 15 years ago, thirteen other punters and I attended a whole-day Presentation Skills Workshop. We listened, observed, practiced and presented. I really wanted to improve my presentation style and...
by admin | Oct 2024 | Author Insights, Blog
Which book will I choose to read next? My idea of hell has two parts. One is to be somewhere without a pen and paper. It seldom happens, but I still have nightmares about how I’ll capture that phrase, that idea. The other is to be somewhere, even at home, with...
by admin | Oct 2024 | Author Insights, Blog
Conferences for writers and Illustrators I have spent many weekends and days at Conferences, Festivals and Workshops for writers and illustrators. What a blast! ! Amongst the features are appraisals, publishers, editors, case studies, fine food and wine,...
by admin | Sep 2024 | Author Insights, Blog
Networking in the Children’s Book Industry Networking is a nebulous thing. It’s intangible and impossible to measure. I’m sure there are many worthy definitions available but in the words from ‘The Sound of Music’ it’s a bit like...
by admin | Sep 2024 | Author Insights, Blog, Writing and Words
Revisions, Rejections, Redrafting of Manuscripts: A Rave I’ve been doing quite a few revisions lately. Some are redrafting, the natural progression of a manuscript and others are following submissions and are in response to editor feedback. There must be another...