Location: Auckland, New Zealand Date of birth: 1965 Websites: www.christinehurst.com www.pricklycat.com More than 80% of us say we want to write a book, but less than 1% actually do. And of this 1%, a scarily minute amount are actually published (the figures are so small, it’s best not to think about it). Christine is a rare creature: she… Continue reading INTERVIEW: Christine Hurst ~ Children’s Writer
I've been thinking... it's about time I refreshed my blog and combined it with my author website. In preparation for the big move (I typed "bog move" just then, I hope it's not a bad sign), I need to move a few things around. Over the next week, I'll be posting five inspirational interviews I… Continue reading INTERVIEW: Vanessa Curtis ~ Children’s Author
I was reading Joanna Penn’s Business for Authors this morning when a sentence whacked me round the chops. Joanna was talking about how distractions such as twitter, facebook and the internet can swallow up hours of our time… Time spent “watching what others are doing instead of creating our own art.” This new take on distractions… Continue reading Watching what others are doing instead of creating our own art
Reading a book is easy. Writing one is slightly harder. (Guess which I excel at?!) So when I met Christine Hurst on the 30 Day Challenge earlier this year and discovered that she was a children’s author, she was instantly catapulted to god-like status in my eyes. Thankfully, her journey to being published has been… Continue reading How to be a children’s author
Katherine Bassford 