It feels like the right thing to do to start with a post on beginnings – in this case, how to begin a children’s book. Long long ago (there’s one already), I remember a class at school where the teacher was trying to get us to identify how stories start. Here’s what we came up …
Author archives: alison
Moment or memoir?
Back in the early days of this blog, there was a lot of capturing of memories. I was trying to create an alternative to a Christmas newsletter, to tell the story of our year with a bit more detail (and hopefully some interest). In those far-off days of child-free travel – even solo travel – …
Lit Kid
My interest in children’s books isn’t really big news. It gets mentions all over the shop – here, here and here, to cite just a few. Occasionally I wax lyrical about just how much I love children’s books. The library visits. The second-hand shop bargains. From time to time, writing about children’s books seems to …
Happy new writing year
New Year. New start. Of course, we can start (or restart) any time we fancy, but there’s nothing like an official clean slate from time to time. I spent chunks of last year musing over how to change the blog – or how to move it on a bit more. I kept referring to a …
A Christmas Carol: sales shopping
The big two days are over. You may be back to work – or equally, off to shop. If Britain is truly a nation of shopkeepers (and yes, I know the actual quotation is only about England), surely this should be our finest hour? I don’t know about you, but there’s a reason I’m at …