FILMMAKER & ASPIRING CHILDREN'S AUTHOR
NEW BOOK
SUPER SHYLA THE EXPLORER—THE LAVA WAVE
After four years, I’ve finally published a children’s book that I started writing back in 2020. With years of distractions and plenty of procrastination behind me, I’ve finally completed the book, all thanks to the brilliant Georgie Cooper, who brought it to life with her beautiful illustrations. Now that it’s available on Amazon, I thought carefully about who might help spread the word and found two eager volunteers to help me promote it. After a few takes and a lot of fun, we got there—eventually! Here’s to ticking a big box off 'the list'.
INSPIRED
​​​In spring 2020, with some unexpected free time, I was inspired by my daughter, Betty, and her boundless imagination. She was five at the time, and despite having heaps of toys, endless TV channels, and a garden complete with a climbing frame and sandpit, she still came to me saying she was bored. So, I hid her cuddly toys around the garden and challenged her to find them. Her response? She put on a hat, a gilet, a little rucksack, and a pair of green plastic binoculars, proudly announcing she was no longer Betty—she was 'Super Shyla the Explorer.'