By Ken MacInnis - The Voice

Sue Sandar writes in longhand, because the stories on her hand are best translated to the page via a pencil, not a word processor.

And Sandar (who is known as F. Blossom when she writes; the F standing for both Faith and Fairy) has plenty of pencils ready.

"Whatever comes to mind, I’ll write it down," she says. "I’ll even write in my van while grocery shopping. I can’t get the story to flow the same way (on a computer) as I can with a pencil."

She writes an on-line craft column, has published travel articles, and writes humour.

Blossom’s latest published book - she published cookbooks in 2002 and 2003 - is Blossom Kingdom: Emily’s Adventures, due out as early as next month.

"It’s about how it’s OK to dream, and to stand up for what you believe," Blossom says.

The story follows 10 year-old Emily, who moves away from her home to a far-off village, and misses her friends in Fairy Club back home.

"While laying in her room, strange things begin to happen," Blossom says. "Emily had a mystery friend, and when moving day arrived, she thought she would not see her again, and decided to leave her a gift. In return, her friend left Emily something special.

Emily finds a strange star-shaped necklace, and finds the girl next door has a book explaining what the pendant really is. Following that, they see a strange dancing light in the woods.

Blossom doesn’t want to give the rest of the story away, but says "Many strange things begin to happen, and secrets are revealed."

Blossom is finishing writing a second book (titled Beth and Reana) and says there will be a third and possibly fourth book in the series. She is also working on another book that deals with bullying.

She says she doesn’t know why she is drawn to fairies.

"I woke up one day, and I had the story," she says. "It just had to come out. So I sat down and wrote for six months."

The stories just flow from the pencil, she says, and finds there is a direct connection between her imagination and her writing hand.

"When I go back and edit, I say ‘wow, I did not remember writing that," she says. "It just flowed out."

Emily’s Adventures may be out in time for Christmas, and Sandar says she plans to do book signings and readings.