Best Writing Moment… Phamie MacDonald.

Published June 17, 2013 | By Laura

Children’s book author and creator of The Planets series, Phamie MacDonald talks about her favourite writing moments and shares her writing space….

My favourite writing moment so far – is any moment at all when I get lost in the story. Every writer knows that frustrating blank page syndrome when all the words seem to have fallen out of your brain so it’s always a joyful, glorious time when the words flow, the story fits together and you can feel a new world being created. Bliss.

Phamie MacDonald

Phamie’s writing space.

My favourite, favourite, favourite writing moment ever was when I first conceived my children’s book series idea, The Planets. It was an idea inspired by a documentary I was producing about solar eclipses. I’d never been into space or the stars before this documentary (or children’s books, come to think of it…!) but mid-way through, fueled by gorgeous, colourful images of space and the planets, I decided I wanted to do something to get children excited about space. From that moment, it was as if the idea fell, fully-formed, from the sky into my brain and flowed onto the page. It was magical.

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Laura

I'm Laura. I started Novel Kicks back in 2009 as I wanted a place to discuss books and writing - two loves of my life. As someone who has anxiety, these two things give me, and I am sure countless others, a much needed escape.
There is a monthly book club, writing exercises, prompts, reviews, author interviews, competitions and guest posts. I cover many genres and I hope there is something for everyone.
I grew up by the sea in Dorset and currently live in Poole with my husband, Chris and three cats. I love writing and have a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Falmouth University. I am writing my first book. If only I could stop pressing delete. Chris has threatened to stop it from working. Haha.
I have always loved creative writing since I was in first school and would very much like to meet my teacher, Miss Sayers, to say thank you for all the encouragement she gave me then.
When not writing, I love reading, cats, Disney, singing (I can't sing but this doesn't stop me,) and falling into a good TV show or film. If I could step into any fictional world, it would be amongst the characters in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
I love reading many genres and discovering new authors.

Best Writing Moment… Phamie MacDonald.

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