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It has long been a fantasy of mine to write, illustrate and publish my own children’s book, so I’ve put pen to paper and started getting all the stories in my head written down. My first board book is going to be about a bee called Bumble and the adventure he goes on at night.Continue reading “My first children’s book illustrations”

I have a lot of projects happening at once at the moment. From a novel to multiple children’s board books and a pile of short stories I want to finish and submit for competitions. So when I’m overwhelmed I find that drawing is the thing that calms me down and reduces my stress and worry.Continue reading “Illustrating for children”

I’ve taken some time over the last few days to focus on my novel and other short stories, but as a result I end up feeling guilty that I haven’t done enough drawing. So I took a few hours out today to have a play with Procreate and made some new illustrations that I’m thinkingContinue reading “New drawings”

I have decided that as a writer I need to get my name out there as much as possible, so I need to start entering some competitions. I haven’t done this before so I am totally new to the game. I’m excited to try some new styles of writing. Specifically I am looking at writingContinue reading “Writing competitions”

I use a lot of my down time creating new artwork and teaching myself new styles and ideas. This post shows some of the flowers I have drawn in my ever-popular kawaii style. The flowers and vase are really the only things that change in the images. Aside from this I am able to createContinue reading “Some more of my work”

Welcome to my personal website. My name is Steph and I am a 40 year old student currently studying for a degree in design and creative writing with the Open University. My dream is to turn the many short stories and childrens fiction books I have started in to real, published books with my ownContinue reading “The start…”