I've been an illustrator for thirty years, and two significant things
shaped my imagination as a child. The first was Enid Blyton's "The Famous Five" novels, which I read in the late 1970s when I was about 8 or 9 years old
and re-read recently now in my 50s.
The second thing was the classic ZX Spectrum computer, which was
hugely popular in my teenage years. To fully understand the second part
and its connection to this novel, you must read this book's introduction,
as the story is also available as a
free-to-download retro ZX Spectrum adventure game.
I had this story half-written for about 25 years, with several random chapters
put to paper and left in the drawer, until I needed a story for one of my new adventure games. So the book and game were born out of each other.
My goal with "A Terrific Weekend Adventure" was not only to pay homage
to those types of children's adventures of days gone by, but also to capture
the original story I wrote for my new ZX Spectrum adventure game, because although this mystery adventure for children started as a script for a video
game, I soon noticed that what I was doing was writing a book.
And so this novel was born.
This is the first of many Seaview stories I have.
Book TWO is already available!
You can view my "regular" illustration work
at my site www.icreateworlds.net.
If you need an illustrator for your children´s book,
please take a look at my portfolio
and contact me with your project details.