I think we've just about finished the glossary. It's only short, but a very educational process for me! I've just a couple more images to chase and then I think we'll have all the content, apart from the illustrations we've commissioned.

The designer is coming to see us next week with some sample design concepts. I always get nervous about that - what if they turn up with something horrible?! What if they've completely misunderstood the brief? What if...    I shouldn't worry too much as I've worked with this designer before and they've always produced lovely work, always very sympathetic to the subject and,  importantly, the audience.

We're meeting at St Fagans and if the weather's dry we'll be able to take a walk over to the Church for further inspiration. When we had the initial briefing meeting with the designer, we took her to see the Church. We stayed in there for a while, and only left as a fairly large group of visitors wandered in. As we were walking away down the path the group in the Church, who must have been a choir on tour or something, suddenly started singing, in really beautiful harmonies - we were rooted to the spot, and I can honestly say I had goose pimples, it was so unexpected, so moving.

I'm working on a book about the fantastic St Teilo's Church at St Fagans. Been really looking forward to this one, it's a lovely story and there's a wealth of fab images - unlike usually, when I have to scrabble around for some decent stuff. I thought we'd be much further on than we are mind, I really expected to be up to my ears in proofs by now. I sort of know why we're further behind than I'd planned, just can't quite explain. Or I could, but it still probably wouldn't make much sense. Plus, designers work in different ways, and this one likes to take a lot of time 'up front' working on the design concept, then when that's agreed we crack on with the proofreading fairly quickly. I suppose I'm more comfortable with spending the bulk of the time at the proofreading stage, especially with a fairly text-heavy book like this one. Still, we always manage to end up with a book on time. I should be designing the marketing plan by now, but I'm still getting the images together and finishing the copy - things like indexes, the glossary, that kind of thing. And I haven't written any of the image captions yet, which I decided would be quite long, narrative style, so that we don't have to cram absolutely everything into the main copy.

Having to work within a financial year is odd too - not at all the way publishing works. I could get really quite anxious about this if I let myself. I just have to concentrate on how good the book's going to look, and having a high-profile launch, with a popular speaker, where everybody buys a copy of the book, which will get great reviews...

In our favour is the fact that the Church is already incredibly popular and has had a lot of good press. The whole re-erection project at St Fagans has built up a swell of good will, and the Church has its own loyal following - a sort of fan-base! All that's keeping me going at the moment, but I know things are going to get pretty intense over the next couple of months.

Plannu er mwyn y blaned!

Mae 3,743 o ddisgyblion o 91 ysgol o bob cwr o Gymru yn cymryd rhan yn archwiliad Bylbiau’r Gwanwyn i Ysgolion eleni. Ar ddydd Llun 20 Hydref plannodd pob disgybl fylbiau crocysau a chennin Pedr i ddechrau’r ymchwiliad hwn - sydd bellach yn ei bedwaredd flwyddyn - i’r newid yn yr hinsawdd.

Dros y misoedd nesaf bydd pob un o’r ysgolion yn cadw cofnodion am y tywydd, ac yn nodi pryd fydd eu blodau’n agor, fel rhan o astudiaeth tymor-hir i edrych ar effeithiau tymheredd ar fylbiau’r gwanwyn.

Siarad ag Athro’r Ardd:
Byddai Athro’r Ardd wrth ei fodd i wybod sut hwyl gawsoch chi gyda’r plannu. Gadewch i ni wybod beth wnaethoch chi yn yr ysgol neu beth am anfon ambell ffotograff?

Diogelwch ar y we:
Ni fydd enwau’r plant yn cael eu cyhoeddi. Wrth adael neges, cofiwch gynnwys enw eich ysgol. Bydd eich neges yn ymddangos fel 'disgyblion o' ac 'enw eich ysgol'. Gofynnwch am ganiatâd eich athro cyn anfon neges neu ffotograff.

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