No news ATM about the kids book I'm self publishing (waiting to hear from Illustrations artist) so I'll mention a new one I've started.

It was partly inspired by reading Barrie's Little White Bird' in particular the chapter when Peter Pan finds he can no longer go home to his mother. But although I plan to make that idea important, it's not the whole of the story which is about an indentured mother, her children's attempts to free her and the two strange characters who help.
#childrensbooks

#childrensbooks
Got my copy-edited version of my new children's novel this week. Lots to look through and see if I need to change.

So many little things I missed despite checking it about a dozen times! One thing was brought up. I used the expression "ages with" (seen sometimes as "she was ages with Tommy". Editor didn't recognise phrase and thought child readers wouldn't/

Anyone know the phrase - I'm old so maybe it's badly dated. Anyway, better get the head down and on with it.

Going back to looking at old favourite kids' books. #childrensbooks

Here's one that's really old.
Margot Pardoe was a children's author. Her Argle books feature the MacAlister children and their tutor in three time slip adventures. In Argle's Mist they travel through time to Celtic Britain, in Argle's Causeway to Norman England, and in Argle's Oracle to classical Greece. All three were published in the 1950s.

My book is available free as a PDF - a children's fantasy novel which opens with three children holding a séance. This is Halloween night and the last chance to read it free - unless you request it from your library.
Here it is: https://tinyurl.com/t94feb6n

#childrensbooks #childrensfantasy #halloween #Halloween

Special Halloween Treat!

A week until Halloween, I've put up a PDF file of my book. The whole book, free for Halloween! (It begins with kids trying to raise a ghost with a Ouija board). I wanted to put up a Kindle file but it wasn't technically possible. Open it in your browser and zoom to get your best text size.
Here it is: https://tinyurl.com/t94feb6n

If you like it, you can buy it from amazon or order from your local library.

#Halloween #childrensbooks #childrensfantasy

Something bizarre happened to my Facebook page. I can still see the original version: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089020701236 Everything LOOKS ok.

But when I try to do anything, I get transferred to this version with everything lost. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091928370512

So I'm going to gradually try to build up this version of my page and hope folk can actually access it. Please check it out. Friend offers would be good.