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I am absolutely thrilled to announce that my first picture book is being released by UK based publisher Books To Treasure this year.

Most of you probably aren’t even aware that I have a number of children’s publications to my name. Indeed, writing for primary school children was my first love. I’ve also written a number of children’s picture book manuscripts and had a dream to publish one of them but it never happened as I got sidetracked into writing for adults.

My dream has finally been realised when Books To Treasure publisher, Adrianne Fitzpatrick gave my story Serious Sas and Messy Magda the nod. This was made all the more meaningful by the fact that Adrianne taught me most everything I know about children’s writing over a decade ago, back when she ran classes.

She’s gone on to have a long career as an editor in Australia and the UK and now has her own publishing house.

In the coming weeks I’ll be able to share the cover with you, but for now please join me in a cheer that when dreams do come true, it feels as good as you imagined it would!

I’ll update you with release date and buy details in due course. I’m so excited that I’ll be able to share the book with all my new great nieces and nephews.

My apologies for radio silence. I’ve been travelling for three weeks and had full intention of posting regulalry while I was away. I found that my tablet wasn’t really up to the task, and that anyway, I was getting so little time to upload that it wasn’t happening!

Some of you will have seen my posts on Facebook, but for those who haven’t, I’ve just had three weeks in the USA with so many highlights including seeing Rock of Ages on Broadway, and a New York Knicks play-offs game at Madison Square Gardens. I met a bunch of wonderful people and now have a raft of memories that have made my life much richer.

And now it’s back to work. Normal posting will resume, plus some updates on where my writing is headed.

Hope you’re all well and happy. It’s good to be back!

As you know I love me a bit of Social Media! So this week I launched a social media coaching consultancy called (surprise, surprise MDPWeb Consultancy!).

This is an exciting step for me, and I’m looking forward to working with some of you in the future. Good fortune has brought me into contact with the Twitter guru Keith Keller, and you can now find me on the team at Global Social Media. Now, here’s a bit about the man himself…

Keith Keller is a “Twitter 4 Business Specialist” and now has clients around the globe. He is also a popular speaker on the subject of Social Media (especially Twitter) and has appeared on numerous radio shows, teleseminars and webinars across the United States, Canada, UK, Europe, Asia as well as Australia.

Keith’s latest project is: “TWITTER 101 – CRACK THE TWITTER CODE”  A program focusing specifically on harnessing the global possibilities of Twitter. (Just like having your own Personal Trainer in the Twitterverse) www.CrackTheCodeCoaching.com He is also a Career Change Coach and the co-creator of the widely acclaimed Internet radio show Career Success Radio, which he co-hosted for over two years with Annemarie Cross.

Keith is a passionate advocate of social media, which he used extensively to market and promote the show. As a result, podcasts for Career Success Radio have now been downloaded well over 80,000 times and listened to in 120 countries around the world. Contact Keith for more information about using “TWITTER 4 BUSINESS”

keith@globalsocialmediacoaching.com