by Michele Clark McConnochie | Sep 17, 2019 | Cats, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing for Children and Young Adults
When I first went freelance a few years ago, I was grateful for the chance to work stress-free and uninterrupted. I reckoned without my two rescue cats – Cleo and Twinkle. Here is a typical day. 6:15am Alarm. Writer gets up to make tea. Cleo and Twinkle rush to show...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Mar 8, 2018 | Writing for Children and Young Adults
When I first started teaching, back in the 1990s, I mainly taught teenagers. It used to grieve me to see so many young women behaving as they and their futures and careers were less important than those of the boyfriends they so desperately wanted. Those experiences...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Feb 12, 2018 | The Dralfynia Sagas, Writing for Children and Young Adults
All of a sudden, 2018 is here and being a published author is actually real! So, dates for the diary so far: May 1st – the e-book of The Uncooperative Flying Carpet is launched. TBC – the world launch of the book will take place in Timaru, New Zealand...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Feb 6, 2018 | Big Boots, Classic children's books, Travel Writing, Writing for Children and Young Adults
To quote the late George Michael, you “gotta have Faith,” and as I delve deeper into the lives of the wonderful children’s authors who I am writing about for Big Boots, that certainly seems to be a running theme. Firstly, I explored the life and...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Jan 29, 2018 | Big Boots, Writing, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Every writer’s dream is to be published. Mine was to be published by the kind of organisation that shares my values and will meet the needs of dyslexic readers too. 2018 is the year when my own writer’s dream comes true, thanks to the team at MJ Kids. The...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Nov 15, 2017 | The Dralfynia Sagas, Writing for Children and Young Adults
A couple of days ago, I was talking to my neighbour and asked him what he believed his daughter would think of the new cover for “The Uncontrollable Flying Carpet.” His reply was a surprise. “She wouldn’t like it because the girl is wearing a pink dress,” he said,...
