Hello to all those who have read books like ‘Sleepy’. My restructure is gathering speed and the text still requires further development, but it’s amazing how challenging Contents and fonts prove to the original self-publisher who tries their hand at design. I have been designing my own books for years, but it is never simple when we need to consider the fonts our publishers accept. We all love those stylish design fonts and so on. Personally, I have learned tons today, but my Contents is still not finished. An activity that should have taken forty minutes has taken hours. I would love to hear your experiences self-publishing. Feel free to…

Dragons, dragons, and more dragons plus a gryphon! About five years ago, I began the exhilarating process of writing the first two novels of my Kingdom of Nerada series, Isabella Airyfairyabelous & the Sleepy Dragon and Doughnut Dungeon. Since then I have continued to revise and develop these initial texts in my series.  ‘Sleepy’ is approaching full realisation now. Exciting adventure awaits younger readers. I have illustrated with photos from picture research. Writing a trilogy requires strong foundations. Developing the detail to write the third unwritten novel, The Quest, has proven to involve many  tasks. As a result, I have restructured ‘Sleepy’, discovered  new characters and added dialogue along the…