Recently I have been working away on the 12th book in my Katie series, “Katie and the Starry Night”, a magical exploration of Van Gogh’s pictures. It’s been a tough book as Van Gogh felt harder to interpret than many artists, because of the very obvious struggle and drama in his life and work. It seems a bit ridiculous, comparitively, to apply the word “struggle” to my own work. But it’s been a full on few weeks, with Cheltenham Music Festival, the Pop Up festival and other things – lovely things – all coming at the same time. I was, simply, pushed for time.
To compound the problem, I was unwell and, very regrettably, had to cancel my planned visit to the Seven Stories centre in Newcastle; I hate letting anyone down and I was especially looking forward to this event. I can only apologise to those who had booked and I hope that you can forgive me and that I have an opportunity to make it up to you in due course.
Orchard Books sent a splendid bouquet this week to cheer me up. It worked, for I was rather taken with the Van Gogh theme in the sunflowers, contrasting with blues, reminiscent of the Starry Night palette. So I put them on my very own Van Gogh chair for a quick snap…
Meanwhile, apart from the cover, the book is FINISHED. And my pills are working, so I’m all set for my events in Edinburgh next week – at the Book Festival on Tuesday 16th and at the National Gallery of Scotland on Thursday 18th. I love Scotland and I can’t wait to celebrate Katie in Scotland with my good friends North of the Border.
And when I return… a new beginning: watch this space! (something very different that I’ve been experimenting with…)
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