February has been a strange month so far, a time for taking stock and catching up with all the odd jobs that have been pushed to one side while the three books coming out this year have been finished off. Here are some pictures of Sally and I working on the latest Hamish McHaggis story -The lost Prince.

It is quite an exciting time because I have also been thinking about my next book , a novel for older children. I have only had odd moments to scribble down ideas so far but now I want to get down to doing some research and building up the characters.

I was in North Ayrshire last week where I was running a CPD workshop with Primary school teachers. we worked on ideas for stimulating creative writing in the classroom.

I have also been organising some of the many events that I have coming up in the next few months and also later in the year. It takes quote a lot of time to organise dates and all the details, and of course the travel arrangements, but I enjoy travelling around, seeing new places and meeting new people.