Fresh Words Daily

This year Nitescope my first children’s book was published.  It gave me huge pleasure to write it but it took ages.  I would work on it than put it away and do some other work and then go back to it.  The best result has been the response from children who have read the book. They are the fiercest critics. If it doesn’t grab them well forget it, they won’t persevere.  So now I am about to embark on a new children’s story which has been rolling around in my head for a while now.  It means research – which I always like and much of that will be done at Auckland’s National Maritime Museum a place of infinite information on things Marine in New Zealand.  They also have a fantastic information officer called Marleene  and I think I will pirate her away into my office cupboard and just pull her out when I need her.  The excitement of a new project is always seductive.  Then comes the real work.