by Michele Clark McConnochie | Jun 12, 2021 | Big Boots, Indie Publishing, Travel Writing, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Last weekend I went to the ballet with a very inspiring friend. We were chatting about my fairly-new full-time and full-on job and she asked how I was managing to keep up with my writing. “Do you just wait for the weekend?” she said. The answer, of course,...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Feb 6, 2018 | Big Boots, Classic children's books, Travel Writing, Writing for Children and Young Adults
To quote the late George Michael, you “gotta have Faith,” and as I delve deeper into the lives of the wonderful children’s authors who I am writing about for Big Boots, that certainly seems to be a running theme. Firstly, I explored the life and...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Jan 29, 2018 | Big Boots, Writing, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Every writer’s dream is to be published. Mine was to be published by the kind of organisation that shares my values and will meet the needs of dyslexic readers too. 2018 is the year when my own writer’s dream comes true, thanks to the team at MJ Kids. The...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Mar 28, 2016 | Big Boots, Classic children's books, Travel Writing, Writing, Writing for Children and Young Adults
According to Winnie the Pooh, “when you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.” (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/97211-when-you-see-someone-putting-on-his-big-boots-you) Well, I’m getting ready to pack my...
