Picturebook Brewing

 There’s a picturebook brewing, the words have assembled, shuffled and assembled again – several times. The pictures are gathering, filling more and more sketch books. Paint has been introduced, and splashed about. 

The scanner has been… well that is where the process has ground to a halt. The scanner was plugged into the laptop, nothing happened. Different cables were tried, troubleshooting tried and failed. Things were turned off and turned on again…

Anyway, while technology is sitting there idle, I’m getting on with the illustrations, so that once the scanner is fixed, or replaced, I will have artwork to scan.

Every book throws up some problems along the way, but the ten books already in my online bookshop are testament to the fact that it can and will be done.  

Double birthday celebrations!

 

Happy Birthday Belle and your book

This week it’s double birthday celebrations!

Not only is it a book birthday, Belle ex Racehorse …just horsing around is 7 years old, it’s also the 21^st birthday of the book’s leading lady! And what did Belle do on her 21^st birthday? She had a lovely day grazing her field and horsing around in the sunshine, then back to her stable for her tea, hay nets and a stud muffin birthday cake. She shared a bit of cake with a stable friend, and dropped some on the dog, but he didn’t mind.

Many Happy Returns of the Day to a very special lady.

Picture Book Brewing

 

Story building

It started with a theme, and it meandered through several storylines, characters jumping in and making it their own, but what was needed was something different, a different viewpoint. And so now I have the words, characters talking to each other, a beginning, a middle and an end.

So what now…? Colour! Literally – paint, brushes, water, and lots of paper, because the first picture, much like the first paragraph written, is not likely to make it as far as the finished book… let the magic commence!  

My work in progress is based around sleep and bedtime stories

My work in progress is based around sleep and bedtime stories, and all this talk about sleep and being tired is definitely making me sleepy, which is the desired effect after all. A bedtime story needs to tell a story but also lead towards a drowsy state of mind. So not only am I yawning doing my rewrites, but now I’m blogging about all things sleepy and drowsy related, the yawns are definitely brewing…

I’ll keep it brief here, because in reality I seem to be writing into an abyss, so if you’re reading this, welcome! Please have a wander around my website, bring your friends and pop along to my website bookshop where my books are gathered in the hope of finding new homes.