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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
My First School Event of the Decade!
Here are some quick pics from my first school event of 2010, namely six talks with the awesomely enthusiastic pupils of Market Bosworth High School, Leicestershire. Here I am (above) getting into it. I’ll have you know I had to leave my eyeballs charging all night to get that maniacal gleam. Here, below, is one […]
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Bwa ha. BWA HA HA HA HA!
With the launch for CRAWLERS closing fast I think it’s time to drop a little hint as to what the book might contain…! Isn’t this an amazing image? It’s from the Picasa Web Album of an urban explorer called Steve. Here’s what he says about it: This sewer actually passes very close to or directly […]
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
PLR Hurrah!
Having malingered, gleefully, for the full holiday period, this has been my first week back at the desk – and I’ve just had some brilliant news. My PLR statement has arrived. PLR stands for Public Lending Right – a count of how many times my books are borrowed from libraries each year. Of course PLR […]
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Christmas Kraken
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for one of my absolute favourite monsters, THE KRAKEN. Reprising the classic look from Ray Harryhausen‘s original film, the Kraken appears for a whole gleeful climactic eighteen seconds in the current trailer(2) for the soon-to-be-released remake of Clash of the Titans. To my enormous delight, the Kraken was […]
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Not Outfoxed at Oxted
I’d thought I was all finished with school events for 2009 but today I got to do a bonus one, having been invited at shortish notice [via TBM] to talk to Year 8 students at Oxted School, Surrey. The group were a little quieter than I’ve been used to lately. In fact during my readings […]
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The Sound of Muse-Sick
You know, in some ways being kidnapped by monsters and held prisoner in a cave for nearly a year isn’t quite as bad as it might be. For one thing (and maybe I’m reaching here, but…) thanks to the monsters’ internet connection, I haven’t been deprived of music. Not at all long ago, a music […]
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
‘A Squid And Some Pork’
…That, in case you’re wondering, is what I was told the unforgettable image on the cover of my new book CRAWLERS was made of. At yesterday’s Random House Children’s Books Christmas Party I got the chance to meet, thank and congratulate the person responsible, namely RHCBUK’s in-house design genius Rhys Willson. He’s clearly a man […]
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
…And here it is
It’s time to reveal the cover of my new book, CRAWLERS, which is due to be published this April 2010 I’m very excited! Hee hee hee! In other news, by the time you read this the final two slices of my free, nasty story JETHRO’S ACE OF HEARTS will be live at Trapped By Monsters. […]
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
And Then There Were Three
Here’s a cropped shot of the shelf where I keep my working editions – the ones that I take with me to my events at schools, libraries, bookshops, festivals, etc. That’s why Black Tat and Tim look a bit battered. But long-term followers of this blog might notice something new on their right. 😉 The […]
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Ridiculous at Ridgeway
Today was my last school event of 2009, as I’m spending the remainder of the year hunkered down with Phase Four of my Sinister Masterplan. But my visit to The Ridgeway School, Swindon, was a great one to finish off with. Everyone I spoke to over my three sessions with groups from Ridgeway’s Year 7 […]
