I’ve never forgotten a story my mother read to us when were kids, but my mother and brother don’t remember it at all. Help me identify it.
The DM’Terview: Stuart White on rejection & shining our light
In a Twitter DM interview, Stuart White – kidslit writer and WriteMentor founder – shares his hardwon wisdom on overcoming rejection and finding your truest self.
Return to the haunted house
I find the haunted house from my childhood and remember how we’d all been too scared to enter it, except for Anna…
5 things I learnt from 5 years of blogging
It’s been five years since my first blog post was published all the way back in June 2016. Since then I’ve blogged monthly and never missed a month. Some have been carefully thought through pieces, like my bit of reportage on a series of mysterious deaths in Finland, and some have been thrown together on […]
The DM’terview with SF Said: the patron saint of slow writers.
In a Twitter DM interview, award winning kidslit author SF Said talks about the frustrations and joys of writing slowly.
The DM’terview: The Children’s Fiction Champion
Sarah Webb, award-winning author, educator, event curator and so much more does a DM chat on how she manages to do it all and why she champions children’s fiction!
The End (of my marriage?)
Every time I finish a first draft of a novel I get into a fight with my wife…
The DM’Terview: Super help for kids coping with the Pandemic!
Emma Cahill, Irish author and primary school teacher, discusses her ‘Under the Mask’ books that help children cope with difficult emotions including during the pandemic!
5 writing interviews from 2020 (to inspire you in 2021!)
If you’re back writing after the holidays, check out these interviews to help you bring your A-game!
DM’terview with Venetia Gosling: Editing can even be fun!
Venetia Gosling, freelance editor with 25 years in children’s fiction industry, does a DM chat on the joys and challenges of the editing partnership.