• Stephanie Baudet

    Author

  • About me ...

    I was born in Cheshire, England, and grew up in Australia and New Zealand. For most of my life I have lived in Buckinghamshire, England.

    I live next door to my daughter and family.

    I have three cats: Daisy, Alfie and Lassie.

    WRITING

    My first book to be published was called Avalanche (Hamish Hamilton).

    Since then I have had more than 80 children's books published as well as two for adults.

    I have had a number of verses published in greetings cards, calendars, diaries and educational resources.


    HOBBIES: Reading, playing the violin, singing, watching old films, walking my daughter's dog.

     

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    My Books for Children

    My most recent books are boxed series published by Sweet Cherry Publishing.

    Mr Pattacake (10 books)

    The Dinosaur Detectives (6 books)

    Sherlock Holmes for Children (3 ten-book sets)

    The Bronte Books retold for Children. (8 books including biography)

    All my books that are still in print are available from Amazon.

    The Sweet Cherry books can be bought, at bargain prices, from www.books2door.com.

    Many titles are available for Amazon Kindle.

  • My Books for Adults (available on Amazon)

    The Price of Love

    This is a story about love. Certainly romantic love but so much more ... For Harriet Baker, looking after her ailing father is a distressing burden, but after his death she is faced with far more problems.

    It is 1918 and when her brother, Alex, fails to return to the battlefields after compassionate leave, she is shocked to discover the extreme penalty awarded to deserters. Not only that, but he is suffering from shell-shock.

    This is not the time to fall in love, and can she trust Doctor Ken Winterton? Dare she confide in him? Where do his loyalties lie?

    Behind the Mask

    Lorraine Hascott falls in love with the city of her dreams - Venice. But is she ready to fall in love with a man too? After all, Bruno Romanelli and she have nothing in common except their own troubled pasts.

    Who is stalking her, and why does she keep dreaming of the past? Is it a memory or has the city bewitched her?

    The Land of the Silver Fern

    England 1886.

    Katherine Wood has spent her adult life passed between her five brothers like an unwanted burden. When a mysterious advertisement seeks a lady companion to travel to New Zealand she seizes her chance for adventure - and freedom.

    From the drawing rooms of Victorian England to the geothermal wonders of colonial New Zealand, The Land of the Silver Fern is a sweeping tale of love, loss and second chances. As Katherine discovers her own strengths amidst a landscape of raw natural beauty and devastating power, she learns that the greatest adventure is following your heart - even when the path ahead is unclear.

    Perfect for fans of historical romance, this captivating story brings to life a vanished world and the indomitable spirit of a woman determined to forge her own destiny.

  • Here are some story starters

    Feel free to use any of these ideas. Even if a hundred people used them there wouldn't be any stories the same. Have fun!

    For Children's Books

    1. What if you stripped off your wallpaper and found something underneath? An article from an old newspaper, for example.

    2. What if you were in the middle of a lake and your boat began to leak?

    3. What if your dog ran off and disappeared down a hole in the ground?

    4. Some children find a time capsule in the garden of their new house. It holds some scary information.

    5. An under-sea quake disturbs something which has being lying dormant and now it's on its way to the surface.

    6. Opening the door a crack, she saw ...

    7. I knew I was trapped.

    8. He stared disbelievingly at the words on the screen.

    9. Jack ran fast. His legs pumped and he pushed himself past the point of pain. He had to get away.

    10. The creature had escaped from its cage. Now it travelled under cover of darkness, looking for prey. Human prey ...

    For Adult Books

    1. What if you invited a stranger to come and stay - and they did.

    2. What if you discovered that you were not human?

    3. What if you decided to give up every aspect of your life up to now and start again?

    4. What if you discovered a book that was identical to your own life, and went further?

    5. What if an online dating agency made a mistake?

    6. After two dreams come true, a man dreams is that he is murdered.

    7. A woman discovers some horrifying detail about her prospective brother-in-law's past.

    8. A woman falls in love with a man in a painting - so she tries to track him down.

    9. She realised too late what a stupid thing she'd done.

    10. Meg felt a kind of elation as the plane touched down. She had made it, she had escaped her nightmare. Now she was ready to start her new life.


     

     


     

     

  • For Writers ...

    For over twenty years I have been a tutor for two writing colleges for their children's writing courses as well as a proof-reading and copy-editing course. I have run writing adult workshops and visited many schools to talk to children about my work.

    I run a manuscript appraisal service for children's authors.

    Writing for children is a very competitive field, but I can help to give your book a better chance of publication.

    I will include notes and comments within the text as well as a detailed report of 6 - 8 pages on:

    * Presentation and Format

    * Writing style

    * Voice and point of view

    * Plot development

    * Characterisation

    * Dialogue

    * Strengths and weaknesses

    * Grammar, punctuation and spelling

    I will also proof-read your work.

    Turnaround time is approximately 2 - 3 weeks depending on the length of the work and my prior commitments.

    Prices:

    Picture book text or story up to 4000 words ...... £45

    Up tp 10,000 words ............................................£70

    Up to 15,000 words ............................................£90

    Up to 20,000 words ...........................................£110

    Up to 30,000 words ...........................................£150

    Up to 40,000 words ...........................................£180

    Up to 50,000 words ...........................................£200

    £5 for each additional 5,000 words

    Payment by PayPal or bank transfer. All manuscripts should be in Word format. The author's copyright will be respected.

    Please contact me: tudoroak@aol.com


  • Have a look at my two mini courses

    available through The Esther Chilton Writers Bureau (click below)

    1. Write a Book for Children in Seven Steps

    2. The Revision Roadmap

    More to come ...

    The Esther Chilton Writers Bureau

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