How can my work evolve from its first flat shape – to a three-dimensional piece of quality writing? After all, that is my ambition – quality writing. Not simply a collection of sequential, narrative sentences. Okay – I have my blurb and I am trying to make my kind of fiction magic believable for anyone…

We cannot master what we do not know about. So if young people are to eventually take control of themselves and their own lives, independently – they must be able to come to terms with any learning difficulty or disability. Mastery is as much about the self as it is about specific areas of learning….

Okay – last week I settled my thoughts on ‘believability’ as the vital quality of writing that grabs readers of fiction and makes them turn every page. Making my young readers believe in the characters, settings and situations is now my key aspiration. Faced with this realisation, I still felt out of my depth with…

Last week’s blog, following our theme of mastery for all, was about aiming high – and enabling all children to achieve their best. This week, as we are still in January, and thinking about making the most of this new year, and decade, Let’s look back at some of the issues that parents posted about…

How quickly the week has gone – again. But I have tried to break through the barrier and fill that blank screen with words that work – albeit as first draft. My challenge from last week? To reconcile the magic of witchcraft with the logic (and science) of on-line technology- which I found difficult because…