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Today I am excited to be joining the blog tour for, \u2018Diary of an Accidental Witch,\u2019 by Perdita & Honor Cargill, illustrated by Katie Saunders. Bea Black had moved to Little Spellshire, a town with a magical secret. When her dad accidentally enrols her at witch school, she has to get to grips with some interesting new classes, like, NOW! Also on her to do list\u2026make friends, look after the grumpy class frog. AND do everything humanly magically possible to stay on the broom. But with the Halloween Ball on the horizon, will she be able to master her wand skills in time to WOW? And more importantly can she keep her newfound magical abilities a secret from dad? This is the first book in an exciting and magical new series that is bound to delight middle grade readers with it\u2019s engaging diary format, brilliant characterisation and hilarious plot. Brimming with magical mishaps, sprinkled in humour and featuring the most wonderful illustrations this book completely charmed me. A brilliantly imagined world that is bound to entertain & amuse. Loved it!<\/p>\n

To celebrate the publication of \u2018Diary of an Accidental Witch,\u2019 I have a special Q & A with Katie Saunders by the dynamic duo Perdita and Honor.<\/p>\n

Q&A with Katie Saunders by<\/strong><\/em> Perdita and Honor Cargill<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you so much Jo, for being part of our blog tour! You did our cover reveal (thank you!) so you already know how much we love Katie Saunders\u2019 work \u2013 seeing the inside illustrations come in was so exciting. This is a whole new sort of collaboration for us and we thought it would be fun to understand a little more about how it works from Katie\u2019s side so we asked her some questions:<\/p>\n

As soon as we saw your sample drawing of Bea, we knew you had captured her perfectly! How did she come to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

She took a few attempts \u2013 my first idea was too young so I had a rethink. I thought she would be a tiny bit awkward with short black hair (always a bob style \u2013 just what I saw) and I\u2019m not sure why but I didn\u2019t see her as massively girly. She has an element of my own daughter, Olive \u2013 she\u2019s a bit of a tomboy and the same age. Then there was just a bit of tweaking later on with the design and art direction.<\/p>\n

Well, she is spot on! Her expressions make us laugh out loud \u2013 especially when she\u2019s panicking\u2026 It\u2019s so interesting that you just \u2018see\u2019 some things because it\u2019s the same for us when we\u2019re writing. We love that you\u2019ve put some of Olive into her, that\u2019s so special! Big shout out too, to the brilliant art and design team at Little Tiger, Charlie Moyler and Sophie Bransby.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who was your favourite character to draw?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I love Winnie. I adore her lovely curls and I couldn\u2019t stop adding to her (we\u2019ve just got a second sausage dog and now we\u2019ve named her Winnie!). So she was my favourite to draw \u2013 but Bea is my favourite character by far. I love the fact that she\u2019s desperate for a puppy\u2026<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve just looked at the sausage dog drawings (https:\/\/www.advocate-art.com\/katie-saunders<\/a>) <\/em>and they are ADORABLE. If<\/em> a puppy were ever to make an appearance in the series, it will have to be a sausage dog!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which character did you find the hardest to draw?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ms Celery was trickiest. I\u2019m not sure why but she took the longest. I was struggling to make her look like a teacher as well as a witch \u2013 I wanted her to be a cool popular P.E. teacher and not too old or scary.<\/p>\n

She can be quite intimidating (she\u2019s not one for health and safety\u2026) but she definitely ends up as one of Bea\u2019s faves.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can you give us a quick insight into how you work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I usually need at least two coffees before I start \u2013 I can\u2019t function without caffeine! I work a combination of hand-drawn and computer-generated and I sketch with my Wacom just like I would with an ordinary sketchbook. I love texture, tone and shading. But everything starts with character \u2013 designing character is simply my favourite thing ever!<\/p>\n

This is such a magical answer because for us too, it all starts with characters!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thank you to Perdita, Honor and Katie for such an interesting Q & A. I love getting an insight into the illustrative process.<\/p>\n

Blog Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why not join in with the rest of the blog tour for more guest posts and reviews\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2018Diary of an Accidental Witch,\u2019 is available to buy now online<\/a> or from you local bookshop. If you can please support your local independent bookshop you can find your nearest one\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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