Tuesday, March 17, 2015

New ventures

I'm happy to report that I am currently working with Scholastic Education on a number of titles, in a consultancy role preparing them for the UK market. I'm sure once they hit the shelves I'll be able to reveal all.

That (and travels overseas in April for work) means that there's a bit of flavour in my schedule for the next month or so. 

Sunday, February 22, 2015

A celebration of my achievements


I decided that it was time to think back over the past seven or eight years and to share the successes I have had in writing and publishing. Sometimes it's easy to forget- and I have been told I don't promote myself enough and am sometimes too humble so here it is: A celebration of my work!

Thursday, February 19, 2015

A welcome change

This half term week has been wonderfully insightful and a welcome break.

The weather has been changeable and I sense a change in the tide- in all ways. I spent a couple of days in a school on the Kent, London border, just before the half term break carrying out some review work, which I enjoyed- and having had a lovely few days away, I feel quite refreshed.

Some people prefer breaks overseas but you can't underestimate what the UK has to offer, particularly when the sun decides to shine- as it did for the few days we spent down in Devon.  It wasn't the first time down that way but we did make our first visit to Dartmoor this past week- where much of one of my favourite Conan Doyle novels is set. In fact there are a number of tours built around The Hound of the Baskervilles story in that part of the country.

There were some beautiful sights on Dartmoor and once I set aside a few minutes I will upload some photos that I managed to snap.

The break away from work and a number of recent developments have breathed some fresh air into things and bode well for the future- a future to which I am most definitely looking forward!

As J.R.R. Tolkien once said 'The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.'