Work I'd forgotten about • Lynne Garner
My first picture book - first published 2007 At the beginning of the year I decided to set myself some goals. A few of these goals are linked to my writing. The first one was to get at least one picture book traditionally published or at least a contract signed. So, in order to set the ball rolling I decided to go through my computer files and put all my half written stories and story ideas in one place. A few hours later I'd rediscovered: 10 picture books - written to first or second draft stage 25 picture book ideas - some sketched out whilst others are just a few bullet points 4 fantasy stories for young confident readers - two have chapters sketched out whilst the other two are just a jumble of ideas. 1 young adult story - jumbled ideas only 3 steam punk stories for confident readers - one has each chapter sketched out 1 kids TV show - ideas for the first five episodes are sketched out 3 short stories for adults - the type you get in magazines 4 novel ideas for ...