I love a good horror story: not one connected with zombies or chain saws mind, but ghosts, vampires and witches are fair game. I don’t even mind a brush with the Prince of Darkness in fiction.

So when an opportunity presented itself to submit a short story to a Halloween horror anthology, based on a ghost. Main criteria was that it had to be terrifying.

Awesome! I could do that. I write paranormal so it was just a step up, right? WRONG! I tried so many different angles, themes – you name it, I tried it. But I just couldn’t do it.

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There is, however, one genre I battle with that I want to master: children’s literature. I’ve got a great idea (I think) and I’ve tried to write it several times. But I find myself going back to the writing style I always use, which is just not suitable for children to understand.

I had resigned myself to abandoning the idea. But I now have my first two grandchildren arriving before Christmas (no, not twins) and I would love to write it for them. I have seen courses around to help with this genre so I might need to look into those. And I’m sure I could get books on how to do it. There may even be YouTube shows on it. I welcome any suggestions you guys might have.

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Cheers

Kerry