The Author Hotline
is
being developed by CW4K, or Creative Writing 4 Kids. They are the company behind a website that enables children to create and publish their own stories online. In its first year it has signed up over 2000 members and has been enthusiastically received by children, parents and teachers. In fact the response has been so encouraging that they are planning a huge expansion of its services. Embedding The Author Hotline into the site is part of that expansion...
For more information on CW4K CLICK HERE
Q: What were you like at school?
Really bad at writing fiction. A teacher once ridiculed a story I'd written, in front of the class
Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
A nurse ...and I was - but also wanted to be a ballet dancer but my father made a rude remark about my legs not being slim enough!
Q: Which three words describe you best?
Sensitive Efficient Stubborn
Q: What do you do as a hobby?
Read Play the violin
Q: What is your favourite word?
I loved your book... sorry, four words!
Q: What are you afraid of?
Going up ladders (I'm all right until I get to the 3rd rung) As my daughter lives in Australia - snakes, big spiders, cassowaries, stingers (very deadly jelly fish)
Q: What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
Oh loads - forensic science, pathology, paramedic... (notice all the medical connections?) Actor
Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?
Unquestionably younger
Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?
Sincerety
Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?
Venice
Q: What has life taught you?
Make the most of every day - and always count your blessings
Q: How long have you been a writer?
The answer has to be - all my life
Q: Where do you do your writing?
In the spare bedroom - now my study
Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Read what's being published now and If publication is your dream - don't give up!
Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?
If I'm in the middle of a story I write another scene rather than continue with the one I'm stuck on. If I can't think of an idea - I browse through my ideas book or use some of the software I have which produce random titles, lines, what ifs, etc.
Q: What was your favourite book as a child?
The Faraway Tree books by Enid Blyton
A Measure of the Soul
ISBN
9781905637898
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
On the Run
ISBN
9781905637836
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
The One that Got Away
ISBN
1900818876
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
Victorian Britain
ISBN
1871173876
Published By
Anglia Young Books
Status
In Print
A Marrow Escape
ISBN
1900818612
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
Where Horses Have Wings
ISBN
1871044847
Published By
Hawthorn Publications
Status
In Print
The Owlers
ISBN
1904904874
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
The Charioteer's Son
ISBN
1871173965
Published By
Anglia Young Books
Status
In Print
The Curse of the Full Moon
ISBN
1904904114
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
The Rat Catchers
ISBN
1871173914
Published By
Anglia Young Books
Status
In Print
Watchers of the Sky
ISBN
1904904432
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
Dracula is Back
ISBN
9781904529521
Published By
Back to Front Publishing
Status
In Print
Let's Have a Story
ISBN
1900818396
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
Let's Find Out
ISBN
1904374433
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
Everyone Can Write a Story
ISBN
1904374441
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
Let's Think
ISBN
1900818132
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print
Inspirational Lives
ISBN
1904374573
Published By
Eprint Publishing
Status
In Print