tropical spin

I was thinking that this week's topic for Illustration Friday was Tropical. So I knew my current painting, which symbolises a tropical cyclone forming off the coast would fit perfectly. After all living in the tropics (as I do) isn't all sitting by the pool with a cold drink.Sometimes it is tracking the direction of tropical cyclones and trying to anticipate what the twisting, swirling ball of fury will do to your plans for the weekend.

But then I see the word this week is actually spin. And I got nothin'...

Out of Balance

It's time to update the blog. A month or so back I won my local library's Children's Book Week Competition, not a huge prize, but it encouraged me to dust off an old project I started ages ago, a look at that old stereotype that elephants are scared of mice. I take it to its illogical conclusion and attempt a story that combines deep seated prejudices with elephant jokes. In a few weeks, I might send something off to a few publishers to see if we can do business. I don't know if anything will come of it, but I'll never know if I don't give it a go!