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Sarah Crossan

27/2/2017

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While I'm bragging...

What I forgot to say is that my talk at STAGS (dramatic pause) I followed Sarah Crossan!

NB: see previous post if you don't know what I am talking about.
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Genuine Feedback

27/2/2017

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I'm not making these up - I promise! 

I visited STAGS this morning and received this email (I have checked that it is okay to post it up here):
It was excellent to see you again today :) and your presentation was totally amazing - -- your past teacher training really reflected well  in your talk. It was seriously engaging and you managed to build up a lovely rapport with the girls in such a short space of time. It was impressive and both the staff and students had great fun throughout the session!
Mrs Debbie Johnson Smith BA(hons), PGcertHE, MCIM 
Marketing Co- ordinator at STAGS

Great start today for World Book Day week.

In the afternoon I visited High Beeches Primary and did lots of Author High Fives with my Y6 workshop.  I have just ordered a new dice as the rolling of it during the game in the assembly proved too much for the poor thing! I'm getting dog name guesses through my competition page and I think  there will be a few kids reading Jarred Dreams tonight too.

Two schools down, five to go. Let's hope the next ones are as successful as today. Rock on!
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Competition Names

27/2/2017

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Just a quick blog to say I am loving all the new dog names that are arriving!

​Keep them coming... you have until 1 April.
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World Book Day

21/2/2017

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World Book Day is on Thursday 2 March 2017.

During the week of World Book Day I am visiting lots of local schools:
Y7 STAGS (St Albans School for Girls), Beech Hyde Primary School, Wheathampstead, St Helen's Primary School, Wheathampstead, Margaret Wix Primary School, St Albans, St Dominics Primary School, Harpenden, and Aboyne Lodge Primary School, St Albans.

If you'd like to find out more about my Author Visits, visit my school visits page. 
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What Am I Reading?

16/2/2017

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It's great where I am staying as there is a wealth of YA novels. I'm now onto the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series which are totally wonderful. Probably suitable for ages 11 up. They are set 6,000 years ago, after the ice age when people lived in Clans and were connected to nature in a spiritual way. The main character, Torak is Wolf Clan and has a wolf companion that he can talk to. Ren, of Raven clan is his best friend. Each book (6 in all) has a quest. Love them.
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What Am I Reading?

13/2/2017

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This is my first Ali Sparks novel.

​Lots of kids have recommended The Shapeshifter series to me.

I realise I should probably start with the first in the series but I'm going in with number 4 - wish me luck!
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If You Missed It...

6/2/2017

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If you missed me on the radio talking about At Risk by Stella Rimington, you can listen again through the Talking Newspaper site :www.sadtn.org.uk

Talking Newspaper is a great organisation that helps people with sight difficulties to access all kinds of modes of the written word. I am involved only by doing the odd book review for them.

​Please remember at At Risk is an adult fiction book.
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Gromit: Part Four

2/2/2017

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Yesterday I said goodbye to Gromit (sniff).
I'd got quite used to him sitting on top of the piano gently watching our family life, but it was time for him to start the second part of his journey.
Gromit was off to The Rotary Inertact Club of St Albans via St Albans Girls School (STAGS).
This group of STAGS student meet once a week during their lunchtime to organise different fundraising events to raise money for local, national and international charities. 
It was wonderful to meet the girls and let my Gromit meet theirs (cleverly decorated with all their fingerprints)
The photo on the right shown the formal handover of Gromit to the organiser Aliyah Jail and below you can see me with all the members of the STAGS Rotary Interact Club of St Albans.
I am looking forward to my author visit on 27 Feb and wish the clubs all the best with their future fundraising efforts.
I will blog when the Gromits are up for auction but that's all for now folks. Fun!
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Gromit: Part Three

1/2/2017

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The painstaking, but sort of therapeutic, sticking continued until Gromit was covered entirely by words from Jarred Dreams.
He looked pretty good, but he needed his nose and eyes painting. I managed that.
He was looking even better, but then there was a a problem; some of the words were flaking off. Also he looked too white. 
What to do?
My husband, Ade, suggested the vanish he used on the table so I rummaged around in the shed and got it out.
I painted on the first coat and let it dry. It wasn't enough. I did a second and a third. In the end it took SIX coats before I was happy.
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Finished? Not quite. Read my blog tomorrow to find out all about STAGS and the presentation of my precious Gromit.
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