Welcome to Bohring-home to 453 people, 2,053 alligators, and one monster curse. Correction: home to 454 people, now that Kick Winter is living in the swamp Hollows with her Grandma Missouri, the town (fake) psychic. Bohring is anything but boring for Kick who has already blown a hole through the kitchen ...
Using interviews with authors and illustrators, this book asks: what makes a classic? How do you get a book published? What happens behind the scenes at a publishing firm? Will e-books mean paper books become a thing of the past? How do writers come up with their ideas in the first place?
Andrew Jenkins takes the reader on a journey of exploration through the development of what he calls the 'acquired self', and how, by making use of the extraordinary plasticity of our brains, we can re-educate our thoughts and behaviours and return to our 'authentic selves' - and have happy, effective and fulfilled lives.
