Switching to first person ... ah, done.

All around the world creators are finding new ways to get their work out to the world. Some writers are releasing a page a day via websites while others are selling chapter subscriptions, giving away eBooks and adapting scripts from unpublished short stories and shopping them around. Illustrators are selling t-shirts and offering art printed on mouse mats and wall-hangings. New technologies are radically altering commerce and opening up new pathways for creative work to travel.

The old model of publishing work and attempting to live off royalties is being supplemented by blog income, adaptations, merchandising, selling extracts and a whole range of activity. Books become blogs, blogs become books, theme park rides become movies and a creator in France can collaborate with an illustrator in New Zealand for work to be published in Italy.

My philosophy at its core is about asking why not? Why can't an Australian children's book be made into an animated series in India? Why can't a non-fiction book be released chapter by chapter online? Why shouldn't a book be supplemented by online activity and distributed via bookshops, e-readers and downloads? Why shouldn't some kids in the UK be given free range to make flash animation of your characters and put them up on video-sharing sites?

Some of the most enjoyable work I've done in the past was as an advocate for books. Convincing the sales team a particular title was worth selling. Working with writers to shape their material to produce profitable results. Getting down into the nitty-gritty of why this book was important, why the world needed it, why people should care.

My passion as an agent is to take creative work to the world via as many of the old and new pathways as possible.