I was always a pretty poor essay writer, at least my university English professors, probably all of them, would likely agree. In my defense, I was much better at exams, and class work.

Anyway, my other blog has a long, wordy post about "how a copywriter becomes a children's author, part 1". It being the middle of January, and cold, I felt the need to reflect and be verbose. If you'd like to read about my early years as a copywriter, though, and how it shaped me perfectly for becoming a children's author, here's the link: http://phdowding.blogspot.ca/2014/01/...

Part 2 comes next week: The birth of a children's author