by Nick | Aug 2, 2020 | News
As some of you may know, I am not just a children’s author. My day job is proofreading and editing, and this means I get to read lots of other people’s writing, including other children’s authors. One of my latest customers is the lovely Lois Davis,...
by Nick | Aug 1, 2020 | News
After 30 days of ringing, emailing and messaging local companies, friends, relatives and colleagues, and promotion on social media and local news media, I’m proud to announce that I hit the Kickstarter target for One Night in Beartown! This means that the book...
by Nick | Jul 11, 2020 | News
Which of the above bears will we catch next on our bear hunt? The Kickstarter for One Night in Beartown has been going well over the past few weeks. A number of Congleton companies have sponsored the book now, including Bearmania 2011 organiser and Secret Millionaire...
by Nick | Jun 29, 2020 | News
A few weeks ago, in the middle of lockdown, a friend of mine, fellow children’s author Lois Davis, mentioned her new Zoom workshops to me. Ahead of the publication of her new book, Lois has been holding workshops via the popular video conferencing app with...
by Nick | Jun 21, 2020 | News
After a long hiatus (sorry for the protracted radio silence!), I am finally back in the saddle with a new children’s picture book! I actually wrote this book in 2018, soon after publishing Sarah’s Shadow. but life got in the way until now. Also, publishing...
by Nick | Jul 2, 2018 | News
June was a great month for me, and not only because England are doing surprisingly well in the World Cup. I found out last week that my debut picture book, Sarah’s Shadow, won an Honourable Mention at the Purple Dragonfly Awards in the ‘Picture books for...
by Nick | Jun 20, 2018 | Interviews
I recently did my first book blog tour and found it to be a very valuable experience. It was a joint tour with fellow children’s author Marion Adams, which made it even more special. The tour gave us great exposure and led to loads of great reviews, and it was all...
by Nick | Jun 12, 2018 | News
I’m very excited to reveal that I will be appearing at the first-ever Mellor Literature Festival on Saturday 30 June along with more than a dozen other authors. I will be doing a book reading of Sarah’s Shadow, answering kids’ questions, handing out...
by Nick | May 30, 2018 | Author tips
A couple of months ago, a friend of mine, the excellent romantic comedy author Audrey Davis, told me she’d recently done a blog tour and that I should consider doing one. I was familiar with the concept of a blog tour, but I assumed you had to do them when your...
by Nick | May 15, 2018 | News
If someone had told me in December that I would be performing at a literature festival in London a mere six months after self-publishing my debut picture book, I would have laughed at them. But that’s exactly what happened this weekend. Along with two friends –...
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