Archive for February, 2008

News On The Way

Monday, February 25th, 2008

My trip to London was a great success, and I’ll have some exciting Scream Street news to share very soon!
Tommy
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Making A Drama Out Of A Crisis

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

I’ve signed the contract to write a new book for top educational publishers, Continuum Books.
Making A Drama Out Of A Crisis will feature drama games and exercises designed to help moderate behaviour in the classroom.  I’ve got a handful of fantastic teachers around the country willing to test out these exercises and report back as [...]

 

London Bound

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I’m off to London today (an odd thing to type as I lived there for eight years). Tomorrow is the sales conference at my new publishers - Walker Books - and they want me to introduce my series, Scream Street, to the reps and foreign sales teams.
I’m a little nervous, but really looking forward [...]

 

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam…

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Editorial Anonymous, one of my favourite blogs, posted details of what someone, somewhere considered to be a genuine submission a few days ago. In reality, all it was was a spam email for a self-published children’s book (and a self-published children’s book that claimed to be THE educational tool of the year, at that!)
The [...]

 

The Big Yin

Friday, February 15th, 2008

My pal and fellow author, Barry Hutchison, has started a blog to alert potential readers to his forthcoming books (two from Egmont within weeks and more on the way).
His fledgling site is here, but don’t let the fact that he hasn’t posted before fool you - he’s written everything from games reviews to zombie screenplays [...]

 

Tim: Defender Of The Earth

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

I read a wonderful book over the past few days - Tim” Defender Of The Earth by Sam Enthoven. Obviously, I won’t give too much away but, suffice to say, any book that has a T-Rex rampaging through the streets of London (although, not necessarily in the way you might imagine) works [...]

 

A Wee Koff…

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Turns out I wasn’t as over my flu as I thought!  I’ve just spent another week in bed, suffering at the hands of this nasty little bug - and I’m now on antibiotics for a throat infection, too!
I’m a little better today (although I still feel as though I’ve gone ten rounds with Felicity Kendall) [...]

 

Letting Go Of Perfect…

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

You know, just once in a while, I wish I would listen to my own advice! I’m busy with the first few chapters of the fifth book in the Scream Street series (SS5) and I’m finding it difficult. Why? Because I’m trying to get it right.
What I should be doing is just [...]

 

On The Mend

Friday, February 1st, 2008

I’ve not been well.  Spent the last few days in bed, suffering from what Kirsty claims was just a touch of flu, but I’m certain was a combination of every disease known to man, with a few new ones thrown in for good measure.
As a result, I’ve not done any writing for the past few [...]