I write for children, not for the adults who buy the books.
-That’s because I like children.
I used to be one. Maybe I still am.
(There are rather a lot of them in my extended family, and some of them are pensioners.)
-That’s because I like children.
I used to be one. Maybe I still am.
(There are rather a lot of them in my extended family, and some of them are pensioners.)
I try to make it easy to read aloud, as well as to yourself.
- That’s because not all children are good readers. Some like a bedtime story read to them. (Some books don’t read aloud well, and I had to read some very boring stuff when I was Mum.) I try to keep it grammatical and don’t avoid big words. -I just make sure they’re in context - or I explain them as part of the story. (That way they just get assimilated and it’s no trouble to anyone.) |
I’m not a celebrity or well known.
-That’s because I’m fundamentally ordinary and rather quiet.
I used to teach and then I became a complaints handler.
(It’s not very exciting and I prefer writing, though I do make marmalade now and again.)
-That’s because I’m fundamentally ordinary and rather quiet.
I used to teach and then I became a complaints handler.
(It’s not very exciting and I prefer writing, though I do make marmalade now and again.)