Phoenix

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If you're analysing writing at the moment, you might be interested to read this blog I made about my writing process - it compares an early draft of Phoenix with the final draft. I hope you find it useful with your own writing: Please thank your teacher for reading my books to you, and please say hello to everyone in your class for me! And keep the Way alive! Thank you so much for your wonderful letter! It was brilliant to hear that you enjoyed reading Varjak Paw. I loved hearing about all the things you've been doing with it. I particularly love the fact that you discovered the Royal Game of Ur from Mesopotamia, as I've played that game myself! Like Varjak, I have some Mesopotamian ancestors, so I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history, civilisation and mythology - the oldest stories in the world are ancient Mesopotamian myths. I'm delighted that reading Varjak Paw has led you to discover some of this for yourselves, and I hope you enjoy The Outlaw Varjak Paw too! Thank you so much again! It's great to hear about your reading experiences as you travel through the galaxy.

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Thank you all so much for your amazing message! I loved hearing about your reactions to the book, and the things you did with it. I don't find writing easy - Varjak Paw took me 5 years to get right. But all the hard work feels worthwhile when I hear from readers like you. I loved all your books they were fantastic. My favourite one has to be Phoenix since I loved it and so inspiring. My favourite book ever is Phoenix and Watership down. How did you write such an amazing book? I actually found this book in my class and thought I would read all of it cause it looked interesting and it was!!! How many years, months or days did it take to write all these fantastic books?? Usually I don't like reading because some books are boring and not that interesting but once I read all your books you inspired me to read more and that's made me work harder in class. And we have a chart to see how many words we've read and to see who's the 1 2 3 and so on. Good afternoon S F Said, hope you are well. I am in Year 5 and I have just read Pheonix and I have to say it is the best book I have ever read. It has restored my love in reading. If you don't mind sharing, can you tell us what inspired you to write this book? Thank you so much. I am looking forward to your new book Tyger :)

Phoenix

The tyger's tail thumped behind her. "This stunted little world breaks my heart,' she said. 'So much here has stagnated and died. I wanted to remind you of what has been lost - but also of what is possible. You see, tygers could flourish only when they lived in freedom. And you have never known what it is to be free.” If you have any advice for those who would like to become an author, what advice would you give them? I'm already working on my next book, but I can't say anything about it, because my books always change a lot in the years it takes me to write them!

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To answer your questions, I wrote a little bit about where I get my ideas from, and how I write my books, in this blog post - I hope you'll find it interesting and helpful! Hello Jacob, Isaac and Sam! Thank you for your question. I was inspired to write about cats by watching my own cat's adventures as he went out into the world for the first time. I wrote a little bit about that in this blog. Definitely! There will be a third Varjak Paw book one day; see here for more information on that! But I'm currently writing a fantasy story called TYGER that I think will be my best one yet... Dear SF, my name is Ned and we were told today that you will be visiting my school, Great Wilbraham Primary.

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Thank you so much! I like that part of the book too - Bixa's needles are among my favourite things in the whole of Phoenix! Believe something is impossible,’ said his ancestor calmly, ‘and you will surely fail. But believe in yourself and you can do anything.” Well I know it will be great like your other books!! But I wanted to ask when will the book come out? https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2017/august/s.f.-said---the-epic-story-of-phoenix/ Thank you so much for your message! I'm really glad you enjoyed Varjak Paw - I hope you'll try my other books next next! Here are the answers to your questions:

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Thank you so much for your amazing comment! It really means a lot to me to hear things like that from readers. I'm so glad that you're enjoying Phoenix. It took me seven years to write the book, but all the hard work feels worthwhile when I hear things like that! i like your book Phoenix it is really exiting and good i like the part when Bixa blasted her needels to the enemies your book is the best it is epic You may not like it at all, of course! It's probably dated quite badly - it was written in 1960. But it started a wave of really interesting books with a mythical/magical/otherworldly element - not just his own, but also books by writers like Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising sequence) and Ursula Le Guin (The Earthsea books) - who I think you might also enjoy... they were certainly big influences on me!Thank you so much for your amazing comment! I have to admit, I don't find writing easy - Phoenix took me 7 years to get right - but all the hard work feels worthwhile when I hear something as amazing as that, so thank you - it really means a lot to me. Hello Leah, and thank you for your kind messages! I'm really looking forward to watching your performance of Varjak Paw – it's exciting for a writer to see a stage version of one of their books. Please say hello to everyone at New North Academy for me, and see you soon! Thank so much for your fantastic comment! I'm really glad that you and your classmates enjoyed the Varjak Paw books. I am planning to write a third one, one day; I wrote a bit about my idea for it here. In the meantime, I hope you'll enjoy my new book Phoenix too – it might sound quite different on the surface, but I think it has a lot in common with Varjak Paw.