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Hi there, you lovely people-THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU I have been blown away by your support, pre-ordering copies of ‘Magical Mossy in Boscastle.’ A massive thank you to you all & to the many of you who have ordered multiple copies- that made me do a little dance 💃🏼 So, as I mentionedContinue reading “Last Chance to Pre-order Limited Editions”

FINALLY -I can share my mega -exciting news with you all! From today, I can accept pre-orders for the 1st in the ‘Kids of Kernow’ series of books ‘ Magical Mossy in Boscastle’ There are 3 versions of the book available to choose from PAPERBACK – £5.99 HARDBACK (Limited edition)- £11.99 HARDBACK signed (Limited edition)-£19.99 I feel very blessed toContinue reading “UPDATED Pre-orders now available!🤩”

Firstly- my apologies to you all, as I truly expected to have some mega- exciting news to share this Friday. But as I’m rapidly discovering, it can take a good while to get to milestones during this long journey in self-publishing and, as in life, things don’t always go to plan! So, instead- I’m sharingContinue reading “Where is Puddleglenn?”

I love the illustrations that Andy Templar has created for my book ….. So, then I thought why don’t I have a go? – now that Im learning how to paint with watercolour thanks to the wonderful instruction of Lynne Holehouse Copying the drawing – not too scary! Drawing the face was though! Masking outContinue reading “Should I have tried? 😕”

Happy Friday everyone! A very happy Friday indeed in my world because all the illustrations for the first book in the series- ‘Magical Mossy in Boscastle’ are now complete & with Blue Poppy Publishing ready for the next stage of the journey. All steps involved in getting the first book in the series published areContinue reading “1st Deadline met – illustrations- hurray!”

Hi there lovely followers 🙋‍♀️ Can’t believe it’s Friday again, already! I’m pleased it is though as I really look forward to writing to you all and sharing updates & info about this ol’ publishing journey I’m on! So- this week I thought I’d tell you about the inspiration behind Kismet- the ‘know-it-all’ raven whoContinue reading “The inspiration for Kismet and how he’s helping others”

Hi everyone! Crikey- it’s been a blummin’ busy week! I expect it has for alot of you with a whole load of restrictions being lifted across the country-YAY! In my little corner of Cornwall, Launcells to be precise – I’ve been too occupied with all things Kids of Kernow to fully partake of the newlyContinue reading “Deadlines and letters -ANLPSCWBI”

Hi, everyone & a big welcome to all of the new Kids of Kernow blog followers out there- you are nearly a 100 strong now & it is so lovely to feel that my Friday morning ramblings are actually reaching people& being read! THANK YOU ❤️ If you’re a newbie-I hope you’ve had chance forContinue reading “Write what you know- Part 2”

It’s said that it’s best to write about what you know- Not being a Kid of Kernow with magical powers, I soon realised such advice was going to present me with quite a challenge! So, the next best thing I could do was write about who I know or at least some of their traitsContinue reading “Write what you know, they say!”

Many many moons ago when I could only visit Cornwall as our family holiday destination, I used to sit in the Tea Garden of the Riverside Hotel, Boscastle- scribbling ideas down for a children’s book. Then, they were ideas for a picture book called ‘When Lally-Ann Twinkles’ ( those scribblings still exist in a dustyContinue reading “Who made Mossy come to life?”