How to get on with your next children's book ... or not. By Griselda Heppel.
Fresh, deliciously green copies of The Fall of a Sparrow by Griselda Heppel This time last year I was just a few weeks away from publishing my third children’s novel, The Fall of a Sparrow . No book launch, alas, because of lockdown, but that didn’t spoil the excitement of all those lovely fresh, deliciously green books arriving from the printers and appearing online and in bookshops. So what does a writer do at that moment, apart from buzz around doing book signings (where possible) and school visits (where invited), plus the odd radio/magazine interview? Well, she starts on her next book of course. If she’s not well into it already. Certainly a whole year later, there should be at least a first draft in the can, if not a second/third/fourth. Writers burst with ideas, don’t they, characters running around in their heads, banging on their temples, me me me they cry, what about ME, it’s my story now, get ON with it…. Erm. Yes. Or, in my case, not so much. People often ask:...