Archive for ‘March, 2008’

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Mar26

I’ll Get My Coates…

by Tommy on March 26th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Posted In: Books, Links

Time for another book recommendation, and this one is long overdue. The Jimmy Coates series by Joe Craig is an ongoing action-packed adventure featuring a main character with some very special abilities. Now, I made the mistake of picking up the fourth book first, so I know what these abilities are and how Jimmy comes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar27

Poppa’s Got A Brand New… ‘Phone

by Tommy on March 27th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Posted In: Personal

I’ve got a new ‘phone. There it is. The Nokia N95. Lovely, isn’t it? It does everything I need it to do, and more. I can do all the normal ‘phone type stuff, plus send and receive email (very handy for when I’m away from my desk) and even write on it via a bluetooth […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar29

The Little Merman

by Tommy on March 29th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Posted In: Personal

I took my 18-month old son, Sam, swimming for the first time yesterday, and he took to it like…, well, like a boy who discovers he likes swimming a lot.  Not that he did that much swimming, to be fair, it was more floating in daddy’s arms.  But, considering the largest amount of water he’d […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar31

WordPress Update

by Tommy on March 31st, 2008 at 10:17 am
Posted In: Personal

I use WordPress to create this site and blog and, like may people around the world, have now upgraded to the long-awaited version 2.5 This post is a test to check that everything has updated properly, and still works!  I should be able to post a link, here. Fingers crossed… Tommy

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Mar31

The Italian Job

by Tommy on March 31st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Posted In: Books, Personal

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair opens today and, for those of us who write for younger readers, this can be a nerve-wracking time. For, in Bologna, meetings are held, hands are shaken and deals are done. My agent is out there as I write this, spreading the Scream Street word and discussing the sale of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar31

The Purr-fect Spot

by Tommy on March 31st, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Posted In: Personal

I came back from picking my son up from school earlier to discover this: Dozens of programs were open, and my audio settings had all been changed. If only I could train him to rest on the right keys to write my next novel… Tommy

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