What has stuck with me during the following days as I digested the anthology as a whole, is that within all of the stories, what I missed as a young reader maybe, is that romance equates to hope.
Author Archives: Jan Foster
Starting a dialogue about myself
Becoming a self-published author has challenged me because I can no longer afford to be the only one asking the questions. I have to provide some answers. Ones that make sense. Ones which expose me. Does anyone really want to know, I think, with each interview?
The Interview
There is a cruel twist to her lips and I can’t help stare at them. Then, her tone is almost playful, “Well, we can’t keep the readers waiting now, can we?”
Gratitude Tree
I confess, it’s not often my children go to such lengths to make something for me, unguided by parental input.
Why I’m still learning life lessons from learning History
I’ve always loved History, except I didn’t really know it until I was halfway through my life. If you’d have asked me shortly after leaving school about the dates of Kings and Queens, or why certain wars happened, I probably would have shrugged and said “I had a GCSE in History, but I’ve forgotten itContinue reading “Why I’m still learning life lessons from learning History”
Does Dogtastic Dogman develop independent reading and drawing? Or is there more to it?
Having lived with purile jokes, repeated ad infinitum toilet related gags and incredulous and improbable crime capers for the best part of 4 years and counting, I admit, I was both relieved and inwardly groaning when my 6 year old recently picked up the Dogman books.
How structural integrity inspires with Kevin
The answer was not one I ever though my 8 year old would ever say: ‘I really liked the structure of the book, the way the chapters made sense.’
Building a multi-storey treehouse of imagination
if you wanted a fictional yet actually useful How To guide to writing a kids book, for kids, this is it!
Why ‘You Choose’ is a window into your child’s day
I’ll confess, we have the whole collection of this series (click here to see on Amazon), including the colouring book. The original You Choose and the You Choose in Space are massive favourites in our house – I think we must have read it every week for the last 3 or 4 years at leastContinue reading “Why ‘You Choose’ is a window into your child’s day”
Welcome to escapism…
What’s different…trying to critically evaluate books for how much they inspire creativity as well as critical thinking in my own (and maybe other) children
