I saw something that knocked me sideways at the weekend. As I walked through my local town centre a little girl walked towards me, hand in hand with her father. She had the most astonishing grin on her face and exuberant spring in her step. It was only then that I noticed her eyes were …
I have to be honest, I haven’t had anything I’ve written published since 2009. For a complex variety of reasons that door has been closed firmly shut. Apart from some futile efforts to prize it open again – trying to make it happen has been pointless. In the meantime I have been illustrating for an …
God is passionate about me. He loves who I am, my own unique gifts and talents and the deep, deep longings of my heart. I can trust him to fulfil those desires because he is the ‘dream giver’ – and I dare to believe that he is as excited about them as I am. What …
When I want to create a children’s book I am looking for visual as well as lyrical hooks to give strength to the work. There is no excuse not to pack that book full of rich, condensed yumminess that readers can pour over time after time – leading them joyfully through from the beginning, to …