But I Didn’t Dare. That Has Always

I Spend Months, Sometimes Years, Doing What I Call Dreamtime, Weaving It Together Inside My Head. But When I Actually Feel That The Egg Of My Story Is Ready To Hatch, Then I Can Write It In Three Months. Then I Know The Landscape And The People Well And From The Inside, But I Don't Necessarily Know Where The Story Is Going To Take Us.

By The Time I Sit Down And Face The Blank Page I Am Raring To Go. I Tell It As If I'm Talking To My Best Friend Or One Of My Grandchildren.

Always Write Your Ideas Down However Silly Or Trivial They Might Seem. Keep A Notebook With You At All Times.

But I Didn’t Dare. That Has Always Been My Trouble. I’ve Never Dared Enough.

Elephants Are My Favourite Creatures And Have Been Since I Was A Boy And My Mother Read Kipling's The Elephant's Child To Me. It Was Loving Elephants So Much That Made We Want To Write My Own Story With An Elephant At The Centre And Its Bond With A Child.