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Two sketches that didn’t make it into East of the Sun, West of the Moon. The first is a little like Narnia with bears. The second is two of the women, the sisters, who helped. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious … Continue reading →

Yesterday I was struggling with my broadband speed. I emailed my provider, expecting nothing until today, and they sent out a van and drove up the field behind my house and re- aligned stuff and did other strange magic and … Continue reading →

I wrote East of the Sun, West of the Moon a few years ago now. It took a while to find a publisher. It had many rejections. All the rejections were very positive, like the one below. I became disheartened … Continue reading →

So, this is how it goes. My publishers say they want to take me to Seattle for the Mid winter meeting of the American Library Association and I say thanks, but I am bust trying to meet your deadline and … Continue reading →

I was asked to write an article for Books for Keeps. Here is a link to the piece. It looks better if you download the magazine version and read from there. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend … Continue reading →

First light, chopping logs for the fire, thinking about the days to come. Years ago when I began to work in children’s books I didn’t think I would be doing this. Life was more peaceful then. People didn’t have computers … Continue reading →

  Painting and listening to podcast of Mike Harding’s Radio Show. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments … Continue reading →

Woken by tiny demons in the form of leopards. They have sharp claws. Paw prints across slate floor as cats walk in from twilight dawn. Gathered in logs. thought about sunshine. Soon there will be swallows. Now, time to catch … Continue reading →

Cover to Cover in The Mumbles in Swansea are taking care of a dragon for a while. She is watching over the children of the local primary school as they go to and from home to school and helping them … Continue reading →