BarryHutchison

Yesterday saw me begin the first in a long series of upcoming events as I begin promoting INVISIBLE FIENDS around the country.

Easing me in gently was a meeting with members of the Cowie Library Chatterbooks group, near Stirling. The group were brilliantly enthusiastic, asking lots of questions, and coming up with some great ideas for characters of their own. After the event they got me to sign some of the Ben 10 books they had brought with them, and then I set off on the 3 hour drive back home.

As I left, though, I heard one boy announce that he was away home to start writing stories, which is just the greatest thing to hear after a workshop or event. There’s nothing I’d love more than for one of the kids who comes to my events to go on and become one of the next generation of authors. Who knows, maybe it’ll be one of the kids from Cowie Library?

Taking a bit of a break over the weekend before I start more events next week. Spending three days in schools next week, and I’m really looking forward to all three of them. One of them will be my second visit to the same school, so it’ll be great to catch up with them and see how their writing has come on following my last visit there.