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Memories

By elise | Published: September 29, 2009
I really envy people their good memories. I don’t have one. I have a terrible one really. And I think I’ve lost so much of my childhood which, being a children’s writer, it would be really good to access! We were talking about memories on the weekend during the session on Grand Final day. One [...]
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An Epic milestone for The Protector

By elise | Published: July 17, 2009
Oh happy day! I’ve finished draft one of the graphic novel!! It’s called the Protector, which was previously the Collector, which was previously, well… many other concepts until it settled into this final form. It’s over 9000 words and 20 pages long and not one syllable of it will be in the final book. I [...]
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Not drawing – writing

By elise | Published: July 15, 2009
I’ve been a blogging mouse lately! Barely a squeak. In the last fortnight have been meetings, travel, planning and squeezing in work whenever possible. I’ve been working hard and it’s been unusual work for me. Not drawing – writing. It’s the Epic, of course. The textless graphic novel that is up to about 8000 words. It’s [...]
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So you always wanted to write a picture book…

By elise | Published: February 13, 2009
Later this year – from Wed 15 Jul to Wed 19 Aug 2009 I’m running a six week Short Course in writing for children. We’ll be looking at all sorts of things from picture books to chapter books – and the many styles within this genre. It’s a fascinating area! There’s a lot to talk [...]
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