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Back cover for The Accent

The step-by-step guide to our children’s book: beta-reading

Ever wondered what it takes to turn an idea into a children’s book that sparks joy like confetti? Well, it turns out the process isn’t any different whether you go with a traditional publisher or you’re self-publishing like us. If any, the scale or scope of the process is what differs from one to one. At least, that’s what we’re learning. So, we’ve since created our manuscript and illustrations for our upcoming book, The Accent. Alongside, we’ve set up our

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SCBWI meets The Accent

SCBWI meets The Accent book

The SCBWI British Isles conference 2023 has come and gone. As with last year’s, I wanted to share my thoughts on the whole experience, hence this post.  Attending this year’s SCBWI British Isles conference wasn’t a difficult decision to make because I had a great time at last year’s. Plus, it was the one major literary event I could pack into my annual calendar where I get to meet new people, learn new things; all while exploring the city of

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SCBWI meets Funke & Caroline

SCBWI meets Funke & Caroline

The SCBWI British Isle Annual conference 2022 marked our first introduction of Funke and Caroline to the public. Well…sort of; if you consider wearing a shirt with images of the cast and an inscription prompting people to ask me about Funke and Caroline an intro, then yes!  The shirt I wore to the SCBWI conference 2022. Printed by Splatt, Nottingham. SCBWI (pronounced Scooby), is an acronym for The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, an international professional organization for authors

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Wafunk Publishing background

Wafunk Publishing background

In 2020, when I had my daughter, Funke, I started to think consciously about the kind of education I wanted her to have. I’d only recently moved to the UK before then and had come to realise the differences between the world I’d just left behind and my current one. Overtime, I came to realise how much of an inspiration Funke was especially when she began attending nursery. The inspiration came in different forms. Dropping off Funke at nursery in

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Voiceover in the countryside

Voiceover in the countryside

With a final manuscript for “The Accent“, it was finally time for the voiceover recording session. This is where we voice the characters and narration for the story. Weeks before, Steffan La Touche and I had sorted out the logistics of getting the talented cast to his Happy Accident Studio. Tucked between the hills of rural Nottingham, it was a perfect escape for the entire team who were coming in from different cities. The voiceover session was exciting for obvious

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