It's back-to-school time right now. Starting-over time. I'm back at my desk to wrestle a draft into a book. Summer clothes, most unworn, are being packed away. My house has filled up with students. (I work in an international boarding school, though I'll have to change my bio: all teenage girls this year. I will… Continue reading Timing
Tag: holidays
Hot Narnia: Jordan’s Dana to Petra trek (and how it might – or might not – help me write this book)
It seems unkind to my fellow sufferers of dreary old British November to even mention it, but... I've been on holiday. To a hot place. 8 days in Jordan, including a 6 day trek from Dana Reserve to Petra. (Yes, that one from Indiana Jones. Yes, we did sing the theme tune.) It was stupendous. Amazing.… Continue reading Hot Narnia: Jordan’s Dana to Petra trek (and how it might – or might not – help me write this book)
Launching Pea’s Book of Holidays
Usually I celebrate the arrival of a new book in glamorous author style, ie in my pyjamas, crying over my laptop while I try to write the next one. But I thought Pea's Book of Holidays deserved a party all its own. Why? I'm proud of all my books. But writing this one has been a different… Continue reading Launching Pea’s Book of Holidays