Loopy Lorna’s: The Magic of Following Your Dreams
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!” Goethe When I was writing “How to Make a Golem (and Terrify People)”, it just seemed natural that Edda’s mother would take her to Loopy Lorna’s for a heart-to-heart. So that’s what they did. After the book [...]
Books and Maps: two of my favourite things
Despite dabbling in social networking, I’m not really that much of a high-tech gadget or app fan. The one exception is digital maps, the more interactive they are the better, throw in books and I’m hooked. So when I recently stumbled upon “Edinburgh Reads“, I lost a good hour or more of writing time. Edinburgh [...]
Golem-spotting in Fife!
I recently received one of the best gifts a children’s author can receive: artwork inspired by my writing. Karl Barrs, a teacher in Fife, sent me this photo of golems his class made out of clay after tuning in to an author event I did online for Education Scotland’s Glovember celebration of books. I wrote [...]
