Everyone has to start somewhere, and I started right here January 2016.

After getting my degree in Illustration, I did what a lot of 'Arty' types do when they leave University and proceeded to meander my way through the next 15 years of my eventful life trying my hand at numerous jobs, as well as travelling and living abroad.

Well, after working as a Diamond Technician, as a Toy Tester, as a Medical Engineer, an Art Teacher in New Zealand, an Avocado Packer, a member of Royal Security, (I could go on and on) I finally awoke from the happy whirlwind I had been riding!

I found myself living back in the UK, with my beautiful wife Heidi and my two perfect little girls Connie and Bettie, wandering what I should do with my life.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Stef Rzysko Well, because I illustrate my books too, I tend to draw if I get stuck with the writing and vice versa. I think you look at the story from a different…moreWell, because I illustrate my books too, I tend to draw if I get stuck with the writing and vice versa. I think you look at the story from a different angle, and that seems to help......failing that I go for a run!(less)

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How do you get inspired to write?

Stef Rzysko It has happened in lots of different ways.

Sometimes it's as simple as coming up with a nice sounding rhyming couplet ('The Rhino that I Know') which I…moreIt has happened in lots of different ways.

Sometimes it's as simple as coming up with a nice sounding rhyming couplet ('The Rhino that I Know') which I can mull over for a few days, see if a story develops.

Other times it's completely the opposite, I just sit myself down in a cafe, or while i'm on a train, and say to myself, "write whatever comes into your head."(less)

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