I'm working on a short story at the moment, the working title is 'The Girl who Sings to Snails'. As I've discussed before I write my stories a little differently, usually my stories are inspired by my illustrations, so I draw some of the illustrations before I write the story.
'The Girl who Sings to Snails' is inspired by two things, the first is a night of snail hunting. If you follow my blog you will have noticed that alongside my love for art I also have an interest in gardening, you may have even seen my post crypto garden or read my tips on growing your own crypto! I have lots of snails in my garden, but I don't use slug pellets (nasty things), no I use a Snail Transfer System. This involves going out at night with a torch and removing the snails from my veggies patch at the back of the house and taking them to my flower garden at the front of the house, where I have plants that the snails also love to eat but I don't mind if they do. This way no snail is harmed, just slightly disorientated.
So on to the second source of inspiration for my story 'The Girl who Sings to Snails'. I drew this quirky little illustration of some of my snail friends making there way to the last uneaten seedling in my veggie patch, I think they may be planning a little snail party.
