CURRENT Loreto College year 12 student, Chloe, found time between her studies to recently publish her own children\u2019s book.<\/p>\n
Taking inspiration from the animals in her own life, the book titled, SPLISH SPLASH SPLOSH, follows a day of adventures of two dogs, Bindi and Tika, from playing in puddles to washing up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea came when I was sitting, watching my dogs play in muddy puddles one day and thought I would write about that, had a spark of inspiration, and then it just grew from there,\u201d Chloe said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always really loved writing, right from a young age I was always writing stories and things like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started writing it a couple of years ago, put it aside for a while then found it again around this time last year, started editing it and one of my friends read the book to their little nephew and he really liked it so I thought, this could actually be something.\u201d<\/p>\n
After contacting Shawline Publishing Group for advice, Chloe said the company took it from there and guided her through the entire process.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I was far too young to publish a book,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cInitially, I had only really contacted them to find out a little more about the publishing process and they came back to me asking if I had a story.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so exciting, although I haven\u2019t seen it in stores yet because it came out on Tuesday right in the middle of this lockdown but it\u2019s so exciting to know it\u2019s out there, it\u2019s a real dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to Chloe\u2019s playful puppy story, the pages of her book have been illustrated and decorated by artist Tess Dowling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe publishing group found Tess for the illustrations because I\u2019m not a very good drawer at all, so I was looking for someone to help with that,\u201d Chloe said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has worked with Bradley and Jodie from Playtime Books on previous books and I worked closely with her making sure that I was happy every step of the way to bring my story alive with colour and imagery.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer drawings are absolutely beautiful and gorgeous.\u201d<\/p>\n
With one children\u2019s book under her belt, Chloe said she has no plans of slowing down any time soon and hopes to write more for the genre, as well as branching into others.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to keep writing and especially children\u2019s books but also books for teenagers and young adults like fantasy, dystopian, those kinds of novels,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll definitely be focusing on my year 12 studies this year but I have a couple of little ideas here and there for follow up books for Bindi and Tika\u2019s adventures and other dogs as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CURRENT Loreto College year 12 student, Chloe, found time between her studies to recently publish her own children\u2019s book. Taking inspiration from the animals in her own life, the book titled, SPLISH SPLASH SPLOSH, follows a day of adventures of two dogs, Bindi and Tika, from playing in puddles to washing up. \u201cThe idea came […]<\/p>\n