Stephen Davies

I am a children's author writing picture books, chapter books and teen novels. My books are set in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, on the edge of the Sahara Desert. I have lived in Africa for more than ten years, working with World Horizons amongst Fulani cattle herders. Welcome to my site.

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The Making of a Picture Book Part Five: Synergy

by Stephen Davies

This is the last in this week’s blog series on how to write a picture book. Whether you are a published picture book author, an aspiring picture book author or a simply-curious, I hope that you have found one or two morsels of useful advice over the course of this series. I am no picture [...]

Published: September 9, 2011 | Filed Under: Picture Books, Writing Tips | Tags: : : : : : : :

The Making of a Picture Book Part Two: CHARACTER

by Stephen Davies

Welcome to part two of my blog series ‘The Making of a Picture Book’. If you need to catch up, here is The Making of a Picture Book Part One: PLOT. In today’s installment we will be looking at character. . The characters in most picture books are pretty two-dimensional. What can we say about [...]

Published: September 6, 2011 | Filed Under: Picture Books, Writing Tips | Tags: : : : : : : :

The Making of a Picture Book Part One: PLOT

by Stephen Davies

This is part one of a series called ‘The Making of a Picture Book’. Over the course of one week (five posts) I will attempt to break the creative process down into its constituent parts – plot, characters, language, illustration, and a magic ingredient which I’m going to call synergy. Today we shall have a [...]

Published: September 4, 2011 | Filed Under: Picture Books, Writing Tips | Tags: : : : : : :

Top 5 writing books – one writer’s recommendations

by Stephen Davies

Amazon.co.uk Widgets Whether you are an aspiring writer or a serial Newbery medal winner, the chances are that you are no stranger to the ‘How to Write’ manuals at your local library. ‘How to Write Fantastic Fiction’, ‘The Writer’s Life’, ‘The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing’, ‘How to Write a Thriller’, ‘How to Write for [...]

Published: August 28, 2011 | Filed Under: Writing Tips, YA books | Tags: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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