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Neurodivergent (AuDHD). Learner. Dreamer. Award-winning children's author. Musings on books, writing, creativity and ND life. Agent: Lydia Silver
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It sounds like fun! Until it’s not 😂. I’m a plotter/planner and I do love my process. Just always wondered if it’d be nice to just write and see where it goes. People seeeeem to enjoy it!
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Ha! Are you a pantser Lesley Parr??? 👀 If so, teach me!
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Love this!
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STOP IT 😭
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And you!!
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Yes! 100%.
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Thank you!!!
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Thank you! They ARE! Love them.
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Thank youuu!!
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Thank you, Mark!!
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Thank you!! 🥰
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🥰🥰
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Thank you!!
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Love it when a book is so fun it's a joy to write!
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I hate that I recognise the truth in this. Hate it. I want to say nooooo it’s not like that… and not just point to exceptions. But I can’t.
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Love Phase 2!!! And as for that first bit, you know when you have SO MANY FEELINGS and so much to say but like there is no way to form the words? That!!!
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Sorry but I’m just imagining those people in medieval times all over the world painting and doing calligraphy in big beautiful books of parchment or whatever that was…
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*COUGHS LOUDLY BUT SUBTLY AND NOT AT ALL RUDELY*
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SWAPNA!! I love it!!!!!!
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I have ice for my water and I know my Ayurveda pals would hate that but it tastes like LA and I like it. 😎
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The situation is a bit different in Ireland. At age 10 around 90% of Irish children read for fun according to the Growing up in Ireland national survey. But that drops off steeply in the teen years.
It’s great we are all talking about it - a good start!
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Aww. *moves closer to Stephanie*
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Love it! And sorry but I'm semi stealing this because my editor needs my ideas for the second book in my MG series. I reckon Hari Kumar Sells a Million Copies has a ring to it.
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Incredible! Huge congratulations to him.
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This! They’re sometimes surprised if we tell them what we see kids getting excited about and you’re like… but… this is our industry?! This is who we create for even if they’re not the gatekeepers. We should be all about understanding kids.
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Reading together every day is ideal. But if it doesn’t happen, reading together whenever you can is something too. And kids seeing you appreciate books is actually a powerful thing. A subtle thing. Like kids seeing their teachers and TAs genuinely love books. Modelling reading for pleasure.
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Cracking up over Phoenix Comics together is also reading together. Exploring poetry together is also reading together. And reading doesn’t have to be an end of day thing. It can be at any random time that actually works for you.
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Sometimes the thought of reading fiction cover to cover is daunting. Even as an author I had to reframe things to say sharing a nonfiction spread or a couple of spreads together is ALSO reading together. Dipping in and out of things is also reading together.
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I’m a literal children’s author and there have been many days where I haven’t had the energy to read to my kids. I’ll put my hands up to that. Lately, I reframed how I approached the whole idea…
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Amazing!
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Yes!! 💛🙏
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That’s amazing!!! I found them in libraries! So good.
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💛 💛💛
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That’s wild though. I thought only white MC’s experiences are ‘universal’ and appreciated across the board 😁.
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I can't pick just one:
1) Marginalized groups deserve to just be people in stories without it always being about our struggles and trauma.
2) The hard stories are important, but so are the light funny ones! We need more *fun* books!