I had a great time at Waterstone's, Leeds signing copies of my books. Thank you to all the people who bought them. A big thank  you to Amy who works in the children's department and who kept me company.

I had a lovely moment when a little boy ran into the shop and raced straight over to my table. I soon realised that he was racing towards the fish tank that was situated behind me. He gave me a look that clearly said I was in the way.

We didn't have as many customers as we hoped because there was a major football match going on a few miles up the road - congratulations Leeds United! 

My daughter came with me to the book signing. She had a wonderful time browsing the shelves and bought 4 books.

We're just about to go out to celebrate my other daughter's birthday - 15! Why do children have to grow so quickly? I keep telling them not to.

I've just been to vote. It was lovely to see so many people turn out to vote. We will see who the government is tomorrow!

I work at a local school as a teaching assistant and I had an interesting time today watching the children play with hula hoops in the playground :

"This is my train. Get in, we're off!"  Child behind screams, "Arghhh! Slow down!"

"You're my prisioner. Get in there and don't move."

"This is my power laser, I'm going to get you!"  "No! My power laser is stronger than yours!"

"I'm in charge of the hoops. You can buy one for a pound," child with hand outstretched.

"Miss! Look! Everytime I throw my hoop in the air it hits someone!" child giggles.

"Yes, I know," me, as I rub my shin.

Some children even hula hooped with their hoops.

Children have such great imaginations and that's why I like writing stories for them. I must go, my hula hoop space rocket is ready to take me to Mars.

Hello and welcome to my new site!

You can now buy signed books direct from here and I can dedicate them to the person who will receive the book.

I will soon be posting writing tips, both for adults and children and sharing some of the lessons I have learnt during my years of writing. One thing I can share now is to always picture your success. Before I was published I used to visit my local W H Smiths and dream about the day when they would stock my book. I even located the place on the shelf where my book would be placed. For years I dreamt about this and every time I went to the shop I would think "That's where my book will go." That finally happened today! I found 2 copies of You Can't Eat A Princess! on the shelf just waiting to be bought. I helpfully moved them into a more visible position.  Any writers out there - if you can picture your success in your mind then you can achieve it.

I'd like to say a big thank you to Tom and everyone at Arka Design who have set up my new site. Thank you for answering all my questions, I'm sure I'll have more!