Yesterday I visited Dulwich Prep and did a Creative Writing workshop with 110 children in 2 sessions. As part of the workshop, their teacher read out an extract from my first book and then they were invited to write what they thought might happen next. There were prizes for the most exciting adventures.

The stories were brilliant. They came up with amazing characters like: Snozzwaners, Bloodbottlers and even a Bingepi. There were golden waterfalls, dragons and goblins. One of the children wrote about Billy being chased by a mechanical dog that jumped into the water after him and exploded with a KaBoom! Another idea, which I wish I'd thought of, was the cave of a million life-times. And what about the alien with no nose but eyes as big as tennis balls?

We must get our children reading and writing more!