Last year I released "The Leah Illustrations" - a large version of the illustrations in the three Leah stories to date. The release was twofold - one, a colouring book for younger children (with excerpts of the story to accompany the pictures) The second, to use those images and the brief bits of text to use as a guided writing tool for children to assist their writing. What is the picture about? How does it relate to the text that accompanies it? What do you think happens in the story between one illustration and the next? So, with this is in mind, I am giving away some copies of "The Leah Illustrations" to UK Primary/Junior Schools. I will give away signed copies of the book, priced at £5
It's true to say as a self-published author that there are days (and plenty of them) I wonder whether to carry on with the books when sales aren't happening. Many times I've prayed, "if I don't sell one this week/today (delete as necessary) then I'll give up." The best ever cry for help came when I sat in a cafe and said, "if I don't sell one today I'll give up" and on the way home, I had a text off someone wanting to buy multiple copies of 'Leah and the Football Dragons'. Anyway, during my week off work last week, I had planned to continue working on 'Leah and the New Generation' and probably did every job I could to procrastinate from writing some more of the story. Confidence hit a low on
