Friday 9 January 2015

Fifteen Things

Fifteen Things Not To Do With A Baby got a rave review from the UK magazine 'Books for Keeps', so wee Holly Sterling's illustrations are getting well-deserved admiration. I say 'wee Holly' - she looks as if she'd blow away in a high wind, but in fact she wins top level karate competitions. Respect where it's due!

So here are Fifteen Things Not To Do With a Lady Author -

Tell her to get up in the morning

Hide her pens

Tell her you've never read her books but (Other Author) is really really good...

Rearrange her desk

Ask her to right a stunning, exciting, funny, fifty thousand word book by the middle of next week

Sing loudly and out of tune

Steal her radio at crucial moments

Give her decaff coffee

Deprive her of chocolate

Send her spam e-mails offering lovely holidays that she can't afford

Make disparaging and uncalled for remarks about teddy bears

Feed her on mushy peas

Fill in the crossword before she can get to it

Expect her to be able to count up to fifteen

3 comments:

Unknown said...

This is brillent!!!! I actually though 'What not to do with an author, but didn't say anything.

Unknown said...

its Write not 'right'....

I am utterly dissipointed and brutaly ashamed in you... cant spell write right. (somehow this sounds like Tay)

margaret mcallister said...

I am devastated! I have apologised in the next blog. I will now stand on the Naughty Step for a minute for every year of my age.