It has been a little while since I have
updated my delightful blog.
I have been a busy little bee on roller
skates, only slightly less graceful. Maybe more like a one legged frog on a
trampoline.
First
of all I would like to discuss with you all, my fantastical ebook- ibook master
combo. I have been rather busy creating an ebook/ibook based on my Dragon School
illustrations. I have been building it in ibook author and myebook.
Both
versions are nearly there, ready for sale in the big wide world. I have spent
this week, making sure its completely dyslexic friendly. Adjusting font, limiting text per page
and other bits and pieces.
The story will be suitable for 6-10 years
olds. It’s quite short which is great for struggling readers. After weeks of grueling
research into popular children’s books I have figure out what children want the
most from their reading experience. So my book is completely educational and
factual and contains no humor, silliness, or actual dragons, so it will of
course be hugely successful and make me millions!
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Here
is a sneak peek from Chapter 2: Swirly eyes and Spaghetti nose!
All dragons’ hated toasted
sandwiches, everyone knew that. It was the worst thing ever. Absolutely
disgusting! Well, apart from baked beans sucked from a thin tube out of a bath.
But, toasted sandwiches were a dragon’s worst nightmare.
This wasn’t like his last
school at all. Just for a second (because that’s all the time he had before he
was interrupted by a flying sandwich) he thought about his old school and how
nice it was and… a spaghetti sandwich slapped him full in the face, and the
spaghetti strands wiggled right up his nose. “Yuck,” he sneezed.
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Another snip-it from my new book due out for xmas 2012 on ipad
and ebook. Chapter 3: Burnt Snot.
“I have an idea, but it will stink.”
“I’m sure your idea won’t
stink,” said Billy, kindly.
“No, I mean it will really stink,” said Paul. “I once had a
gold fish. It died and I flushed it down the toilet. And then my rabbit died
and I flushed that down the toilet. Then my horse died and my dad went to flush
it down the toilet. Mum tried to stop him; said it wasn’t a good idea because a
horse would block the toilet - but it didn’t.”
Billy scratched his head and
he looked really confused. A horse…? “Paul what are you talking about?”
Paul grinned. “We should
flush ourselves down the toilet.”
Hope
you enjoyed.
Illustration wise…
I have mini exhibition in a local theatre on
the horizon, which is quite exciting. I am currently preparing to design a few
paintings …..ideas include ballet bears , dancing donkeys, singing seagulls and
tap dancing toads!
Poetry, Poetry
Write you I do,
Lots of words that rhyme,
Like cheese and thyme,
Ham and lime
I write in time
To a jumping pine
Eating a dime
Standing on a line.
Anyway… I have been editing my “Batty Book of Poems”, which I would like
to turn into an ebook. I am continuing to add pages and amusing illustrations
until there’s enough to be classed as a book.
I have also entered a few poetry competitions,
so I shall keep my fingers crossed. As much as I would love to share those daft
words with you, due to the rules of the competitions, I would be hung upside
down and made to eat socks if reveled my entries before the results were made
public….. so watch this space.
My magical studio has now come to life; the
walls are covered in scrappy drawings and random thoughts, as a studio should
be.
For now this is all I have to update, so I
shall potter along to the kitchen and enjoy a nice cup of tea... maybe a cookie
…or 3…
