The author of the Doofuzz Dudes series for kids and her ``show, not tell'' technique included asking the children to close their eyes and listen as she narrated a scene of a walk in the park.

One student said: ``This made the learners realise how words can stimulate the five senses and paint a picture in someone's mind without even stating things like `the park was unkempt'.''

Ms Motter advised budding writers to set a goal on the amount of words to write in

a day.

She also told the students she had written 18 books, that six had been released and the seventh, The Blood Tree, would be out at the end of this month.

Ms Motter said her stories included a subliminal environmental theme because ``it was important to take

care of the environment''.

The author was so impressed with the students' creation of six book covers displayed in the library she presented each with a copy of a book of their choice.

Ms Motter said if she was not a writer of fantasy, she would love to write detective mysteries.

When asked which of her books was her favourite she said: ``My books are like my children I like all of them but there's something about The Black Pearl of Laramoth which I love.''