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2024 Week 16: Where do I begin …

Posted on April 25, 2024 by mgbauer

One of the most common questions writers get asked is ‘Where do you get your story ideas from?’ The truth is, they can come from anywhere. And for me at least, they’re often quite small things that grow and evolve … Continue reading →

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2024 Week 15: Dog Tales

Posted on April 18, 2024 by mgbauer

Well it’s Thursday and I normally post my weekly Blogs on Mondays but … yeah this week I forgot, didn’t I. But I do have an excuse! We’ve been down in Melbourne for nearly a fortnight staying with my daughter’s … Continue reading →

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2024 Week 14: In which I tip my hat to illustrators.

Posted on April 8, 2024 by mgbauer

Over the last few weeks I’ve been receiving rough drafts of the illustrations for the two Pictures Books I’ve written. They are both due out next year. The illustrations are now being adjusted and refined following reactions, comments and suggestions … Continue reading →

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2024 Week 13: Winners are grinners (hopefully).

Posted on April 1, 2024 by mgbauer

COMPETITION NEWS! Congratulations to Jill and Anon who entered the DCM Ishmael competition via the comments. A copy of the new edition will be coming to each of you shortly. As well as that, two more copies will be heading … Continue reading →