The Next Thrilling Instalment

I've been asked to give a talk at a local school about how I got started writing, and about publishing on the internet. What started me writing is an easy question to answer. It was stories. When I couldn't read everything myself, I'd make up stories to go with the pictures in my books. Hopefully, both my reading and my writing have improved since then, but reading is still an inspiration. Unfortunately, it's also a hindrance. When my head is full of some other author's story, it's all too easy to put off writing my own.

So, while I'm getting on with putting the next chapter on paper, here's something to read: an Iyessi song.

I'll sing you a song of darkness and light
Of truths that are tested
And wrongs set to right
Of lies and of honesty
Of vigour and sloth
Of sleep and of seeing
And thieves in the night.