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Author of "The Best Mummy Snails in the Whole Wide World" & Educational Leader

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Finding it tough to get published? You’re not alone…

29 Apr 2018
So in my last blog, I shared a little of what I had found out about publishing and distribution from helpful people in the industry such as Ross from Nottingham’s…
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Discovering more about publishing and distribution… a mine-field of hurdles but none that are insurmountable!

22 Apr 2018
It seems ironic that today on the eleventh anniversary of the loss of my mother that I should be sitting here writing about my journey to publishing my first book…
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To self-publish or find a publisher to take on my work… that is the question!

15 Apr 2018
Writing and publishing a book is easy! How wrong could I be? As a novice author there are so many pitfalls to consider. My first step was to google publishing…
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First steps in editing a children’s book…

7 Apr 2018
So having found Ben Blacknall as the illustrator I wanted to work with, the production process started. I spent a lot of time researching how books are printed and different…
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Publish a book; concept to print. A diary of one writer’s journey… finding an illustrator

11 Mar 2018
In my last blog, I introduced how the concept of my book started life. The journey to becoming a published author had begun… After drafting my tale of “The Best…
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Publish a book; concept to print. A diary of one writer’s journey…

25 Feb 2018
I fell into writing really by accident but I will attempt in this blog to bring about some of the key points in my journey that started some 16 months…
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Orchard House Painting

13 Feb 201723 Sep 2017
So today I created a painting of our house. I took this picture, created a line drawing and then used acrylics to add in the colour.  

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Troy has published his first children’s book. Buy now on Amazon.

Troy is currently a serving headteacher in Leicestershire. Take a look at what’s going on at Highgate Primary.

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  • LGBT+ Month Look into how Russell T Davies inspired me to get into teaching & writing… 30 Jan 2022
  • Supporting the use of LGBTQ picture books in primary schools… 2 Jun 2019
  • Promotion in the media… 3 Feb 2019
  • Preparing for Nottingham’s Radical Book Fair – November 17th 2018 10:30am to 5pm 11 Nov 2018
  • Trying to be The Best in the Whole Wide World on Social Media 16 Sep 2018
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