My Editors- all forty-five of them..

Some time ago, I promised an update on my children's book but Telling Tales.Growing Up On a Highland Farm took over. Now that it's finished, I'm getting back to the Secret of Cloven Hill. A work in progress title.
I'm very lucky. Two teachers at the Anderson's School in Forres have a writing hour every Thursday for two Primary Three classes and seem happy for me to go along to 'try' out the book on them and to ask for their advice and suggestions.
 I've been very impressed at the way, working in groups of three, they've come up with some great ideas and artwork whilst giving each other a say and place.
Neither were  prompted by sharp elbows or tongues, and already colour and personality have been added to the first character.  It's all very exciting and I hope that when John, my front cover friend meets them, he'll get the same buzz.

Post Book Launch.

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Book launches come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and atmospheres. The numbers and ease of organising the celebrations for Telling Tales  exceeded all my expectations.  Having a catering, fiddling husband  who organised background music with some friends, sure helped as did the local newsagents, 'The Washington'. Before the event, they gave the book a full shop- window display. They also dealt with the event's happy book sales.
Local folk made their way up into the newly refurbished Tolbooth Court Room, where, in days of old, felons were summarily dealt with. The assembled may well have had their own miscreant history but  all that was gone at the event. Friendly, cheerful chat and a mischievous banter were exchanged in kinder, more convivial feeling surroundings.
Although I wrote the book, recalling a free, adventurous childhood, times change and often for the better, I imagine that my own words-smith ancestors would have loved word processors. Even email.
And The Tolbooth in all its revived state still carry hints of a savage past. The man -trap displayed on the way to the cells is a reminder of the days when this form of entrapment was considered an acceptable aid to the law.

A book launch.

On Friday, the 17th April, there'll be a book launch for my book.
The community- minded Forres folk have taken on the running and management of The Tolbooth which sits, fair and square, in the middle of the town. It's a centre for all sorts of civic 'dos', including the monthly Community Council, where the local folk have the opportunity to voice concerns on local matters.
The Coutroom in the Tolbooth is where the book launch will be held. Let's hope the guests have no other concern than having their glass filled so they can toast to the book's success.


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www.janeyeadon.co.uk