5B AND 5D at Marayong wrote:
Why did you choose Matt Ottley to illustrate your book `LUKE `S WAY OF
LOOKING'?
5Tat Marayong wrote:
What gave you the ideas for writing `LUKE'S WAY OF LOOKING'?
FROM Nadia:
Hi to 5B and 5D
I met Matt in Perth during one Children's Book Week, and asked if he would like to collaborate on a book, if I came up with a story. A couple of weeks later I thought up the story of LUKE'S WAY OF LOOKING and wrote the first few drafts, then stuck the bits of text onto 32 pages in a picture book format. I sent it to Matt, and he said he'd like to illustrate it, so we approached a publisher. After we got a wonderful editor, the story went through about another nine months of intensive structuring. (The fewer words you write, the more difficult it is.)
Hi to 5T
My partner is a painter, and I guess I was influenced by his stories of
growing up and going to school. We go to art galleries a lot, and have
always taken his two children. They are grown up now, but when they were younger it was interesting to see what they liked to look at.
Thanks for writing!
Best wishes,
Nadia
