Yesterday I bought myself a new, funky diary for the new year which is rapidly approaching.
My next goal is to fill it up with lots of school visits and festivals and lunches and writing workshops and poetry performances. Basically, I want to spend lots of time in 2017 talking. As you can see from this photo:
I don’t dress like this every day – but sometimes dressing up helps me feel authorly.
And this one:
Without an editor, I might still be throwing my hands in the air!
And even this one:
I love getting out and about talking about my books, answering questions, and speaking to audiences big and small, young and not-so young. So if you’d like me to visit your school, library, writers group, festival, luncheon or anything else you can think of in 2017 (or beyond), now’s the time to get in touch.