Where do ideas for books come from?

Doodle Mayhem came about when I read an article about not letting your characters take over – well that just sent my imagination into overdrive, why shouldn’t a character take over? And how can you stop them anyway?  I find that once a character starts to speak, they take on a life of their own, and then there’s no knowing what is going to happen...



I knew that I really had something when I read an early draft to a group of primary school children. I was soon aware of the silence that had descended over the group, and realising I had the attention of everyone there, I was soon as immersed in the story as everyone else, as our surroundings slipped away, and we were right there with Eric, as Iver No-Idea ripped letters off the page and started throwing them at him.