Presented by children’s author Andrew Buller

www.meettherhymers.com www.andrewbuller.com @ABullerAuthor

• Raised & educated in Staplehurst/Cranbrook, Kent

• Worked in schools & IT sector

• Always wanted to write stories, inspire others

• Never grown up so writing for children perfect job!

Author | Illustrator | Designer | Consultant | Speaker | Tutor

www.andrewbuller.com

www.meettherhymers.com

Introducing The Rhymers• 26 characters• 13 rhyming pairs• Live on Rhyme Island• The Rising Rhymers• Mubble Pup• The Rumbers

• The Rhymers – story book• Colour Me Rhymers – story & colouring book

• Puzzling Rhymers – puzzle book

The Rhymers Books

The Rising Rhymers

Alphabet Rhymers

Mubble Pup

Becoming an Author is so much more…

Writer

AuthorIllustrator

Book designer

Web designerSocial media

Marketing/PR

Legal/Finance

Speaker Reading Planning

Writing Drawing Designing

UploadingWebMarketing

Workflow

riting

The Rhymers – Crash & Dash – 4/2/11 5am!!

26 characters to find

An idea is born…

rite, rite, rite…• 4 years in the making

• Many, many versions

• Learning my craft – read, read, read

• Trialing stories with children

• Edit, edit, edit

• Proof to publish

rawing

Mubble Pup in bits!

Parts to Pictures

Adobe Illustrator

esign

Book Cover

Adobe InDesign

Book Interior

Adobe InDesign

For re-flowable text eg; fiction books

Scrivener

ploading

Amazon’s CreateSpace

On AmazonCreate own author page

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Social Media - Facebook

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Social Media - Twitter

• Many readers, many formats – Kindle, Kobo, iBooks, Nook

• BookBaby, SmashWords, IngramSpark…• Traditional Publishers

eBooks

Beyond Amazon

• Inspire children to love reading, writing, drawing

• Provide educational resources

School Visits

• Homeless charity in Canterbury – www.catchinglives.org

• European Union funding to raise literacy of homeless

• Presented creative writing workshop at 3 day literary festival

• Producing own children’s book – Harbledown Hope

Sharing my skills - Catching Lives

Fulfilling your writing dream

• Very affordable – Print on Demand

• Consultancy service – www.andrewbuller.com

“For that book inside you”

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