That’s the way we’re going – watch out for news of ‘The Night Of The Round Stable’, coming to you in hard copy and on Kindle very shortly.
Back in the saddle
Have taken a lot of helpful advice about what is now “The Night Of The Round Stable”. Next stop, storming the literary world. Watch this space.
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Progress report
Mr Phigg – The Windmill Of Fear feels finished and ready to go, clocking in at just short of 30,000 words. Will anyone want it?
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Work in progress
While I continue to try to generate some interest in the publishing world, I am trying a new approach: taking the first Mr Phigg story and using it as the platform for a book-length adventure. And Ruth has come up with another splendid picture.
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First sighting
There’s life in the old tropes yet …
Just as a blues singer who “woke up this morning” can still find a new and different way of looking at the world through the old twelve bars, so Mr Phigg finds original and distinctive life in the classic elements of children’s literature – a magical friend, hidden doorways and adventures with talking animals.
It adds ingenious gadgetry, scintillating wordplay – and what may be the most bizarre cast of supporting characters ever assembled in a single book, including a rebellious adolescent sheep, a repressed Brazilian zebra and a forgetful 412-year old cavalier.
Jessica and Harriet are two young sisters who live with their parents in Brighton. A character their father told stories about starts to appear in their lives and draws them into a series of strange and often hilarious adventures.
Jessica is the elder. She is thoughtful, with a tendency to the dramatic, and likes to try to take charge of the boisterous Harriet, who never misses the opportunity to ask a question – or to tease her sister.
Mr Phigg is enigmatic: the possessor of a silver key which opens doors in all sorts of unlikely places, he clearly knows a great deal. But he pretends to know a lot more – and most of his ingenious plans involve making things up as he goes along. He somehow gets away with it. We always see and hear what Jessica and Harriet do, and that’s never quite the whole story…
Some of the action takes place in the Greyworld we know, some in a more colourful parallel reality. A first collection of eight stories introduces a number of recurring characters and concepts, but the stories are essentially free-standing.
The stories should appeal to the 9-12 age group, both girls and boys – and they are accessible to youthful adults too.
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Mr Phigg is on the move
Chapter One of Mr Phigg is now available to read and review here. This is the Arts Council-supported You Write On site which allows writers to show samples of their wares and get comments from readers.
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Mr Phigg is coming
Mr Phigg is the magical hero of a new collection of children’s stories which I am writing. Watch this space for more news.
You can contact me through my blog Eden On The Line
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