M. G. Leonard
British children's author of the Beetle Boy trilogy, the Twitchers series, Adventures on Trains (with Sam Sedgman) and the Time Keys series.
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Their wordsIt will not be a surprise to learn that David Attenborough is an inspiration to me & someone I deeply respect & admire. I’ll be surprised if he isn’t the same for you. We are lucky to have him as a part of our species.
- 3 months earlier
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Their wordsNo guilt for the takeout because of the workout & Suchet’s Poirot is perfection.
- 3 months earlier
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Their wordsPeople employing AI to send spam emails to authors trying to sell them marketing services don’t know how little money authors make or how publishing works. STOP IT!
- 5 days earlier
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Their wordsThere’s no greater gift that you can give to a child than a love of reading. The benefits are multitudinous & there are NO downsides.
- 7 weeks earlier
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Their wordsLet’s start with the title. I think it is terrible. If it was called something like The Poisoned Pen, the book might be better known.
↗The Moving Fingermgleonard.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Poison-pen letters in The Moving Finger are the equivalent of today's social media trolling.
Their wordsSending poison pen letters is an old fashioned thing, but they come bang up to date if you think of them as the equivalent of social media trolling. The impact on people’s lives of complete falsehoods being spread about them is devastating.
↗The Moving Fingermgleonard.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 3 months earlier
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Their wordsI wish Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adam’s were alive to write stories for these times, that I could buy and read. With all the swirling bombastic talk about AI that’s perpetually being thrown at us, I’m longing for their take.
- 5 weeks earlier
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Their wordsWe must help children develop a relationship with books, for their health & happiness.