Or Rosie as I call it on my home pc. The title above should actually read 'Contemporary Romance and Children's Writer' but I didn't think when I created this blog. Never mind. I shall carry on talking about my children's book Bug. There are a few things that are different when I'm writing Bug, the fact that it's for children and the language, the topic and mainly that I'm writing it in the first person point of view and not third person as I do for my adult books, although I do jot down notes for Bug in third person pov. I think I write it that way because the topic matter in the book is something close to my heart and I can relate to more than adult feelings - that is healthy eating. I am finding it quite easy to write in first person, and my course tutor said that she liked my writing, even if it needed to be more entertaining. Bug is told in 2 weeks and is the story of Rosie Sullivan who finds that other people, namely her teachers, are interested in her healthy eating habits. Along the way she finds out that not only is it her that has magical powers which help her fellow pupils but some of the teachers too, as I'm just writing about now. I am currently on Chapter 8 where Rosie has just found out that two more teachers, inc the head of the school, have powers too. I have a few more chapters to go yet before I get to the end of the book, then return to the start and revise. I have had the idea that when I revise each chapter, there will be two pages for beginning of each chapter; one that says the day and a symbol that represents the chapter, and the next saying Chapter One and the title of the chapter. I got this idea from one of Malorie Blackman's books and liked it. I think it would make the book more interesting. When I've finished the whole thing then I will send it to a critique service for feedback before sending it to an agent.
Must get back to work now.
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