{"id":1486,"date":"2018-12-20T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T14:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2018-12-20T14:27:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T14:27:02","slug":"new-beginnings-at-the-end-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=1486","title":{"rendered":"New beginnings at the end of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have fallen into an accidental pattern of working over the last few years: I have published a book in October or November, spent the remainder of the year promoting it, and then started the new year with a new project.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But 2018 has been slightly different. Perhaps because I published my latest rhyming picture book –\u00a0Jacob Starke Loves The Dark<\/strong><\/a> –\u00a0<\/em>a few weeks early, in September, but I am coming to the end of the year having already written an 800 word rhyming text for my next book and\u00a0<\/strong>started the sketches for the main characters. There\u2019s even a chance I will have mapped out some of the pages before Christmas lunch hits the table.<\/p>\n

Which is all very un-me. Having been a journalist for many, many years (yes, I know, my looks belie my great age), I can\u2019t usually do so much as put my socks on in the morning without a deadline (even a self-imposed one). But I have to say, I am liking the feel of being \u2018ahead of the game\u2019 – especially as I have a second story I want to start in the new year.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In fact, I hope to work on the two books simultaneously. It\u2019s not something I\u2019ve done before, but when I took part in the author\u2019s panel at the Isle of Wight Literacy Festival Youth Zone in October, I heard from the other authors that this is a way that many of them prefer to work. I can see the potential benefits. When I work on writing and illustrations at the same time, the two things feed off each other. I am hoping that developing two stories simultaneously will have similar benefits.<\/p>\n

Of course, I could just end up getting horribly confused\u2026<\/p>\n

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