4 Easter egg hunts you can do at home

Hi there, Normally we’d be thinking about trips to go on during the Easter break, but, well… In previous years I’ve posted home Easter egg hunts on here, and I figure this year is probably the one to collate all those posts together. The hunts are suitable for kids between about 6-11: younger ones mightContinue

Egg Hunt 2018: The Quest for the Dragon’s Hoard

Hello all! A bit close to the wire this year (too many books to read and edit) but here is Egg Hunt 2018: The Quest for the Dragon’s Hoard. This year there are fewer clues, but participants get a purse of chocolate coins (or mini eggs would work as currency), and also object cards toContinue

My World Book Day

This year I was invited to come to my kids’ primary school on World Book Day and do a little talk about writing and how I get my ideas. My thoughts, in order, were: Great! I get to talk about writing! Ah. It’s World Book Day. I need to dress up. Not that I haveContinue

Egg Hunt 2016: The Quest for the Easter Bunny

After last year’s egg hunt with rhyming clues, I felt I might have painted myself into a corner. This year, therefore, I’ve written a little story which has the clues incorporated into it, called ‘The Quest for the Easter Bunny’. To stage the egg hunt you’ll need 7 envelopes, a printer, and some mini eggs (largerContinue

So much to do, so little time…

As blog posts go, this one is a check-in to let you know that I haven’t been eaten by an Alsatian (or the cat). I’ve just been busy doing things. In my last post I talked about sending my manuscript to a small army of beta-readers for the very first time, and joked that IContinue

Egg Hunt: Happy Easter!

For the last couple of years I’ve done an Easter egg hunt for the boys. Last year I was a bit lazy (and pushed for time) and I recycled some of the clues. Which of course they spotted immediately. And they also noted that the Easter Bunny’s handwriting is exactly like mine. Not much getsContinue

Attack of the FlashDogs!

*drumroll* Coming soon…the first FlashDogs anthology! Perhaps I should explain…The FlashDogs are a collective of flash fiction (short short story writers) from all over the world. We met at various online contests, such as the marvellously dragony Flash! Friday. But then people started to talk online, and from tweets and snippets leapt the FlashDogs, aContinue