It was a fabulous sight. Practically every person, including
all of the staff and the headteacher, were dressed up as characters out of a
book. We had Puss-in-Boots, several Wallys, form Where’s Wally, a harry Potter and a Hermione or two, several Alices
and many, many more. It was clear that everyone had gone to great deal of effort.
The costumes were convincing. It was also good to see so many books lying on
tables.
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Getting there? How do you know when you’ve made it as a writer?
How is a writer defined?
That’s almost the easy bit. If you write, or at least if you
write and take yourself seriously, you are a writer. But at what point do you become
an established, professional or experienced writer? Let alone talented or
skilled? (I actually argue you can’t help talent but you can always develop
skill.)
Sunday, 2 March 2014
What if there were dragons hiding in the woods?
Visit to St Mark’s CE Junior School, Salisbury, Friday 28 February
I had a lovely time at St Mark’s on Friday. I was able to
present some of my work. I read a little from Kiters and told the students about how I used to enjoy reading when
I was their age and about how even then I knew I wanted to be a writer. I was
so full of story.
I worked with one Year 5 and Year 6 group on Magic and
Mystery and two groups of years 3 and 4 on Dragons.
I got to meet the resident dragon and to hear and see some
of the work the students have been doing with other writers all week.
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