: About Me

Cindy Shanks is a Primary School teacher in the U.K. As an avid reader she enjoys reading a wide range of genres including poetry, historical novels, thrillers and children's literature which she reviews for Helium. Cindy is a huge Sidney Sheldon fan as his books have a mix of excitement, intrigue with characters the reader can immediately identify with. Why not read one today?

Books are also her passion along with writing. She is a Channel Manager for the British Literature sub channel and has recently taken on the role as Children's Literature Channel Manager so if you have any queries let her know. 

Her writing experience includes:

*Professional and Topical letters to magazines and newspapers such as:

TES magazine

Primary Teachers Magazine

The Teacher

Freelance Market News

Mslexia

Glamour

Bella

Woman Alive

Woman's Weekly

Sunday Post

*Crosswords and Quizzes

Caris (Teenage magazine)

Real People

The Sunday Post

*Articles

Tips on Revision for Woman Alive

Anger article for Caris 2010

*Video Game Reviews:

A Helium Market Place publisher has used some of her video game reviews for its website

What Cindy enjoys most about being part of Helium is that it allows aspiring writers to be part of a community where people have the desire and the platform to write.

My passion is ...

writing, reading any novel I can lay my hands on, drinking coffee in a cafe and watching the world pass by.

I know too much about ...

nothing. There's always more to learn.

My parents always told me ...

life is precious.

My childhood ambition ...

to be happy.

My favorite memory ...

My wedding day

Why I write ...

It's an obsessive pleasure.

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

Josie by Lynda Page /Enjoying Everyday life

My first job ...

working in a hairdressers

My best moment ...

my wedding day 30th August 2009

My inspiration ...

is all around me

Arts & Humanities > Children's Literature Book reviews: The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters, by Enid Blyton

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The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters, by Enid Blyton was first published in 1946 and is the fourth adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Buster the dog. In this novel the children have to try and discover who is sending anonymous letters. The novel begins with one of Fatty’s amusing disguises. He tricks the children and Mr Goon when he dresses up as a telegraph boy. The children, except Bets who wouldn’t mind a break from a mystery this holiday, wonder if they will have a new mystery to solve. When the children are at Pip and Bet’s house, they notice Gladys, the house...

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Writing:

Rating:

• Marketplace Premier Writer
• Creative Writing Silver
• Marketplace Approved Writer
• 9Marketplace Articles Sold
• Channel Manager British Literature
• Helium Charter Member
• Channel Manager Children's Literature