Christmas Card on the Way!

It's all starting to happen at last! I've been in touch with the people printing my Christmas cards (who have been brilliant, by the way) & they're sorting out my order. They will be ready for the Xmas Fair held by Canvas & Thread on December 1st at the Grange Institute in Grange Over Sands. You can click on the link below to find out more.

Also sorted out my copyright infringer. It all turned out to be a bit surreal (you can read what he wrote on Facebook) because he emailed to tell me that his ebook version of my book was only online because my "representative" (presumably my publisher) could only view it that way. Apart from the fact that this is nonsense, does he not realise that I am in contact with my publisher? They'd never heard of him, of course, & the YouTube video was promptly removed. It's good to know that YouTube take copyright infringement so seriously.

Christmas Cards- Wherever They Are?

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My Christmas card proofs haven't arrived yet & I can't wait to see them! Wish the printer would hurry up as I am fit to pop! Also getting some business cards printed for the first time in about a hundred years. For some reason, I felt I needed too. It feels so grown-up & so unlike me.

I've also been working on making this web site quicker to download. Hopefully the pages are appearing on your computer screen a bit faster.

Mess Monsters Birthday Cake!

After all that mess (pardon the pun) with the copyright infringer over my Mess Monsters book, it was really lovely to find out about this Mess Monsters cake.

Bespoke Celebration Cakes have done a fantastic job, especially as all they had to work from was one of my pictures. They've very kindly given me permission to post their photograph &, if you click on it, you can visit their site.

My Christmas cards have been posted to the printers and I should get the proofs fairly soon. Here's a one of them:

Clicking on the picture will take you to the Greetings Card page. Hope you enjoy.

Cute, dark and Graphic Christmas Cards

I know that I've been going on about Christmas cards a lot recently, but they are nearly done now. There will be twenty designs in all & they fall into three groups - cute, dark & graphic. I suppose the image above gave that bit away?

Some of the cute cards will be in the Snow Bear style & the graphic ones will be crisp, simple designs that will look stylish on the mantlepiece. The dark cards are where I've had fun & turned Christmas cards into something a bit different. They're hard to describe & you'll either love them or hate them. I'll be posting all of the Christmas card designs on this web site next month so you can see for yourself.

Christmas Cards on the Brain!

All I am working on are my Christmas cards now. I must finish them soon, get them to the printers & sell them otherwise Christmas will have come & gone.

I've become strangely nervous about the whole thing. I'm used to sending children's book ideas & pictures to publishers but not to selling directly. It will be a new experience watching people buy them (or walk past) - hopefully the former. The closest I've had is friends phoning me up from bookshops whispering I'm watching someone buying your book. Whatever happens, I'm bound to learn something from it.

Kittens on a Sofa Christmas Card Idea

Getting very close to sending my Christmas cards to the printer. I'm now frantically drawing, revising & reviewing them in time for the end of October deadline & am in a mild panic about the whole thing.

The picture above will give you a clue to one of them as it gave me the idea. Think kittens on a sofa with Christmas hats on. I love kittens!

Christmas Cards

This year I am producing my own Christmas cards. Finding printers & plastic bags to put the cards into was quite easy. I've been very lucky & found some places that have said they'll sell them & I've got plenty of ideas - although I wish they wouldn't ping into my head at three in the morning. But one thing I am really missing is an editor saying that it works or it doesn't.

It's surprisingly difficult looking at your own stuff objectively. I've tried the walking away & looking at the pictures a day or two later route, but that's just confusing me even more. All I can do is go with my instincts, I suppose, & see what happens. One thing I'm sure of is that I'm going to Christmasify the picture above. I think the grannies will look good with a Santa hat on!