I've been working on the latest attraction for my side project, The Circus of Similes. It's where poetry goes to play and where you can go to find free downloads that you can use to write your poems. I love designing and making useful objects. It used to be handmade crafts for the kids but these days I'm going digital and creating downloadable PDFs that anyone can use for free.

The latest attraction that I'm working on is called the Hall of Mirrors. For this attraction, I'm creating a series of concertina books that will contain illustrations and prompts that can be used to create your very own mini book. As you can see from the pictures I've been focussed on getting the layout and design for these books just right.

The next step is to come up with prompts. I want them to be as open ended as possible without being too vague, And of course, they need to tie in with the illustrations and the themes for each book. For those of you interested in my creative process on this particular project, I started with the images, then did the overall design and I'll finally finish with the words. Seems a bit backwards when you think that writing is my natural habitat and that I'm a poet but I often find myself inspired by images or art. What inspires you?