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Our Latest Website Photoshoot: Behind the Scenes

Greetings, dear reader! Thanks for dropping by! I’ll get straight to it, shall I? This is a looong post. I hope you have a teapot handy… 1 Why another photoshoot? Since our tree change in 2018, I’ve changed a lot. I’ve become more ‘myself’ if that makes sense and I wanted girl and duck to…

How I built a new, author website

By: girlandduck October 22, 2017November 19, 2017

Uncategorizedauthor branding and image, author platforms, author websites, building a website, creative writing, creativity, girl and duck, hoodlum friends, inspiration, personal development, samara clifford photography, the business of being a children's author, writing advice, Zoe Collins6 Comments

Up until a couple of months ago I had severe website shame. My author website was a shambles. It was out of date. It was clunky. It was a technical nightmare, built around grids and tables, unwieldy fecking boxes that made me wail every time I tried to tinker with them. Because I couldn’t access…

Publishing industry etiquette

By: girlandduck October 12, 2016

Uncategorizedauthor branding and image, creative writing, creativity, girl and duck videos, managing your swear words, publishing industry, Q & Q Friday, the business of being a children's author, the children's book industry, working in the publishing industry2 Comments

IMPORTANT MISSIVE TO POTENTIAL DUCKETTES Or: A quick note from my studio. If you have this note you obviously follow the girl and duck blog. But are you also an Official Card Carrying Duckette? What I mean is, do you subscribe to girl and duck? I hope so because I don’t want you to miss any…