He was so interesting to listen to and fascinating to watch. He’s the illustrator of Roald Dahl’s book ‘The Minpins’, Martin Waddell’s book ‘Owl Babies’ and a host of others. He has also written his own book ‘The Little Penguin’ which is absolutely gorgeous.
My daughter and i went along to his book signing and his illustration workshop. What a gentleman. He spent ages talking to all the children, giving them tips and hints on how to illustrate and write a good book. He didn’t mind all the photo taking and spent time talking to each individual child about their own illustrations giving constructive criticism and encouragement.
He talked about all the different authors he has illustrated for (especially Roald Dahl)and told funny stories about them and described they way they worked on their books and the way they collaborated on ideas for illustrations. A fantastic couple of hours, so well spent :)
Nov 07, 02:53PM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments
...because I love reading and I would love to, one day, write a book that I would love to read if it was not written by me :)
Sep 23, 04:02PM PDT | 0 comments
have started this so many times and probably have about 4 different books all going at the same time. I suppose I need to take time to get organised and focus on one idea at a time.
Jul 24, 08:23AM PDT | 3 cheers | 4 comments
AHHHHHH the beach has given me two awesome ideas for my book!!! but they are secrets and im not going to say anyting… but i am happy with what they are though!! i cant wait to get home and type it up!
Oct 09, 2008, 04:01AM PDT | 0 comments
As i am going to venus bay… in my bag under all the crap that i have packed… i have a book that i am going to write down any ideas that come to mind while i am there
Oct 09, 2008, 03:51AM PDT | 0 comments
some to report…. havent really had time to go onto the computer of late and so havent been able to revise my story…. hopefully tonight!
Oct 07, 2008, 08:45PM PDT | 0 comments
hmmmmm….. i wrote a little bit more last night…. but im not sure i like how it is going,.. im going to read over it a but more and decide wether i like it or not….
Oct 07, 2008, 08:32PM PDT | 0 comments
i spoke to my uncle today… he has just written a book and he has sent it off to a publisher… so i hope he gets it published…
i want to be like my uncle.. he is so nice and everyone around him likes him and he is soooooooo good at writting!!
But back to my book… im still concerntrating on structuring it… once ive written a bit ore then i think i i will show it to my uncle… but only whenm ive written more
Oct 06, 2008, 05:28PM PDT | 0 comments
well…. instead oif writing ive been thinking up ideas for my book…. the prolog is good… well i think it is lol and i just want to structure my story a little better… so i think i will think up some more ideas for characters before i write anymore
Oct 06, 2008, 05:16PM PDT | 0 comments
aaarrrrr mums yelling at me to go …. ummmmm havent written anymore on my book g2g
Sep 08, 2008, 06:35PM PDT | 0 comments