{"id":16,"date":"2018-05-04T13:46:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomplumbooks.wordpress.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2022-05-19T12:42:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:42:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomplumbooks.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hi, I’m Tom Plum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I’m an author<\/strong>, illustrator<\/strong> and the lucky father<\/strong> of two beautiful, funny, little boys. They keep me on my toes and are a constant source of inspiration! I\u2019m also married to a very patient wife who looks after us all and keeps everything in order! We live in sunny Suffolk on the East Coast of England, where I spend a lot of my time in nature enjoying the sun, the rain and everything in between.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Growing Up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At school English and Art and they were by far my favourite subjects, and were always lessons I looked forward to. I continued my art through college and university and graduated with a degree in Animation Design. I’ve worked on a number of jobs and projects since then, but over time I found I was using my artistic abilities less and less.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Becoming a Father<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After becoming a father, and gaining two new muses, my creativity suddenly sprang into action once more. Having two young boys I quickly became very familiar with the world of illustrated children\u2019s books and realised that this is what I wanted to do. Children’s books would be the perfect medium to combine my passion for writing and drawing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Becoming an Author<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I have successfully self-published my first two books, and one free ebook. I have continued to learn and improve my skills over the years and I now have one more book I’d like to complete and then I will start the quest to find an agent!\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For those interested in how it all began, I have archived some of my old blog posts that followed my progress up to publishing my first book. 
<\/em>Click HERE<\/a> to take a look.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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