by Michele Clark McConnochie | Jun 25, 2022 | Indie Publishing, The Dralfynia Sagas, Writing for Children and Young Adults
A while ago I wrote a blog about why I loved the character of Witchy Wu, who is one of the villains in the Sabrina Summers trilogy. Today I am writing about the inspiration behind one of the other villains, Prince Donaldo. This larger-than-life character is borrowed...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Jan 30, 2020 | The Dralfynia Sagas, Writing, Writing for Children and Young Adults
I first joined the Brownies when I was 7 or 8 years old, when my father was stationed in West Berlin in what was then West Germany. I moved onto the Girl Guides both there and in Telford, England. I wasn’t the most dedicated, but even decades later, I can still...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Feb 12, 2018 | The Dralfynia Sagas, Writing for Children and Young Adults
All of a sudden, 2018 is here and being a published author is actually real! So, dates for the diary so far: May 1st – the e-book of The Uncooperative Flying Carpet is launched. TBC – the world launch of the book will take place in Timaru, New Zealand...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Nov 15, 2017 | The Dralfynia Sagas, Writing for Children and Young Adults
A couple of days ago, I was talking to my neighbour and asked him what he believed his daughter would think of the new cover for “The Uncontrollable Flying Carpet.” His reply was a surprise. “She wouldn’t like it because the girl is wearing a pink dress,” he said,...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Jul 8, 2017 | Indie Publishing, The Dralfynia Sagas, Writing
If you’ve been looking to get copies of the Strange Sagas of Sabrina Summers from Amazon or Kindle recently, I’m afraid you’ll have been disappointed, but for a great reason. I have just signed a contract with Morgan James, a well-established hybrid publisher based in...
by Michele Clark McConnochie | Dec 23, 2015 | The Dralfynia Sagas, Writing, Writing for Children and Young Adults
Empty nest syndrome is when your children grow up and leave home, leaving their parents alone in the family nest. I believe writers have the same emotions when they come to the end of a character. At the moment, the last in the Strange Sagas of Sabrina Summers is at...
