Since I was a child ideas have flown into my brain and whizzed and buzzed around in there till I let them out. Crazy ideas about plastic kangaroos and soccer playing elephants, freaky aliens, and brussel sprout monsters. Somedays I just have to put pen to paper and write them down or I'll go crazy. Once they're out I can relax and write about normal things until the next loopy character settles up there.

So apart from being slightly insane, I'm a Scottish Kiwi living and working in Japan. I recently married a Japanese guy, and we're hoping to start a family sometime in the near future.

When I'm not writing humorous stories and poems for children, I like to write about Japan and about living and teaching English over here. It's really what I know best at the moment.

My passion is ...

writing funny stories and poems for children.

I know too much about ...

English grammar.

My parents always told me ...

you can do anything - can't isn't a real word.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a journalist, a chef, or a teacher.

My favorite memory ...

is the night I got together with my fiance

Why I write ...

I can't help it, I just I have to or I'll burst.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading children's books, watching movies and listening to anything on my ipod.

My first job ...

was as a temp in a boring insurance company.

My best moment ...

when my boyfriend asked me to marry him.

My inspiration ...

Roald Dhal

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Humorous stories for children

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PLANET WISPOOP AND THE COSMIC BURGERThe first full day that their parents decided to leave them alone without a babysitter was the day Sarah found out that her older brother was an intergalactic space agent. There was nothing on TV, nothing to play, nothing to do."Adam, I'm bored.""Yeah, me too." He threw the magazine he'd been flicking through onto the floor. "Hey, are you hungry?""Yeah, I guess.""I know where you can get the best burger.""...but it's raining.""Doesn't matter. Come on."And he led her upstairs."...but...Adam""Come on."Inside his bedroom he pulled a thick dictionary off a sh...

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