Week Ending 22nd April - School Visit Planning

I managed to achieve my main objective this week and that was to complete the school visit information pack for the up-and-coming Bradley Baker Torbay Literacy Competition in June. Another six schools confirmed their participation in the project... Torre, Ellacombe, Shiphay, Sherwell Valley, Brixham and White Rock. Another week before the deadline for entries and It's looking like the majority of the bay's schools will be taking part. There's some great prizes to be won for both KS1 and KS2 pupils including; Waterstones book vouchers and the chance to have their written work included in the third Bradley Baker book. Speaking of which... I completed another 1500 words (not enough but I have been busy with other bits and bobs) this week and "the Pyramids of Blood" is really starting to take shape with some fantastic new characters being introduced into the latest Bradley Baker adventure... I've broken through the 20'000 word count and I especially like a new school boy character called Jefferson Crabtree that I introduced into the storyline this week. He is from Hudson Valley New York and he will play a very important role in the latest adventure. The third book is still on course for publication in Sept 2012 and I'm really excited about Bradley's latest exploits. With no Waterstones event Saturday, I managed to complete a few jobs around the house (which pleased my wife immensely). I was up on the roof and kicked off some moss (literally)... as Elton John wrote in the the lyrics to Our Song (one of my favourites by he way)... Now I'm waffling! Next week will definately be a writing week... it has to be, I have to get ahead with the next book as I need to complete the draft manuscript by end of June. Not panicking... Yet! I will also have to put some time aside next week to read some competition entries for the charititable organisation vInspired. Local children in Torbay have submitted a 500 word piece entitled "Changing the world for the better". I will be joined by fellow judges Ellen Renner and Myfanwy Cooper. I'm really looking forward to reading the children's written work and it's a great honour to have been invited to judge such an important project. That's all folks. Going to settle down in my comfy chair and watch the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix... and have some me time! Catch you next week, David :)