About
I'm a trainee solicitor working for a criminal law firm in Surrey, England. I have been writing since I was very little and particularly love writing genre fiction. I have several projects in the works, including a horror novel, a science fiction trilogy and a series of children's picture books. My other loves are films and TV shows, making amateur films/trailers/music videos, music, going to gigs, hiking and going to pubs and clubs with mates.
Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My!
Description
<p>Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My! Is your child a good listener? Rosemary is a little girl who is worried about returning to school after her teacher warns the class that they would soon have some mice, spiders, and webs in the classroom. Could Rosemary have misunderstood something? How can mice and spiders and webs belong at school? Full of "Computer Speak," this story introduces young readers to basic computer terms in a delightful way! See if your child can discover the mystery of the misunderstood words, and learn about the fun of computers with Rosemary. This is the seventh rhyming children's book by this award-winning author, whose other bestselling books include My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys, and Santa's Birthday Gift. Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won twenty-eight awards for her six previous rhyming books, and is also the author of seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called "a modern day Dr. Seuss" by GTMA Review. "I love to teach, and this book teaches basic computer terms in a fun way. I am retired and spend six months of the year with my husband of 55 years, traveling from coast to coast and sharing books along the way. I grew up in The Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. , where my father was the manager. I'm the original Eloise!" Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/SherrillSCannon</p>
Story Behind The Book
"The Pendulum Swings" has quite a long history as I have been writing it for 10 years and it incorporates ideas I had from years before that. So I feel like I know these characters very well now! When I was little I was always writing about wizards and witches and monsters and it's all culminated in this. It began as a trilogy, but after writing the trilogy at university, I realized it would work better as a single book (though I haven't ruled out a sequel!)
I find fantasy can be both the easiest thing to write, because there are no rules and you can make it all up as you go along, and the hardest thing to write, because you can get to a point where you run out of imagination! To KEEP making up wacky names, interesting places and original monsters can be a challenge! It is the most fun though because it is pure escapism to write fantasy - and to read it - because it has nothing to do with the real world.
I hope you all enjoy the world I have created in "The Pendulum Swings"!
