by Claire Saxby | Jun 2025 | Children's Books, My Books
Book Writers and Illustrators at the School Library Conference I love conferences! Particularly bookish ones. Even ones that seem determined to flood the world with acronyms. How’s this? SCBWI (Aus East) presented two sessions at the National ASLA Conference that was...
by Claire Saxby | Apr 2025 | Blog, Children's Books, Narrrative non-fiction, picture books, Types of Stories
A Volcano is born, and the puns begin I should know by now just how long it takes to make a book, but there are always parts of the process that seem to take forever.Actually, most parts take longer than I’d like. Volcano is our new narrative non fiction book. Finding...
by Claire Saxby | Oct 2024 | Author Insights, Blog
Writing Rollercoaster needs a Seatbelt for Rejection Writing is such a rollercoaster. I recall a big rejection of a project that looked very promising. I plunged. Gnashed. Wailed. All that sort of thing. Then by the next day, I was more philosophical. There were many...
by Claire Saxby | 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 Claire Saxby | May 2024 | Blog
7 random facts about Claire Saxby- because we can. Sally from her Scribblings blog once encouraged me to list 7 random facts about me. I can do that. 1. I don’t like being called Clarence but don’t mind Clarabelle or Claire-bear. 2. I hated my middle name...