Tommy in grave peril (geddit?!)
Hehe. I managed to convince my eight-year old this morning that April Fool’s Day actually falls in June. He happily marched off to school to tell all his friends. Not, however as bad as my own dad telling my brother when he was 7 that Jesus worked in a dairy – after all, everyone’s heard […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My position as a children’s author prevents me from using stronger language in the title above but, I think it is fair to say, I have just survived a near-death experience. I woke up this morning with a headache and, over the course of the day, it got worse. So, about an hour ago, I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got a new t-shirt today… I’m such a child! Tommy
I’m delighted to finally reveal the covers for the first four titles in the Scream Street series: I think they’re fantastic! What do you think? Tommy
Darren Shan has made a couple of very interesting posts on why writers write over at his blog. Some of his readers asked why anyone would sit down at a keyboard day after day if success is not guaranteed and, even if you are published, the financial rewards are often not enough to live on. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…and the TV unit, and the DVD cupboard, and the living room door, and the fireplace. And, if I’m to be perfectly honest, they’re more scribbles than pieces of prose. Yes, my 18-month old son, Sam, has reached the scribbling on the wall stage: Curiously enough, he makes a point of carefully choosing his colours […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I tried to get some writing done this afternoon, I really did. But… My 8 (er… 9) year old got a Wii for his birthday, and it needed testing. I mean, anything could have happened if I’d just set it up and let him play with it straight away. So, I had to work all […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now, I don’t actually subscribe to the notion of writers’ block; if you can’t write, it’s because you don’t know enough about your story or characters. Something that can easily be fixed with a brainstorming session, allowing you to proceed. I do, however, believe in the situation where a writer doesn’t know what should come […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I need silence in order to write. I wish I didn’t. I wish, like other writers, that I could have the radio on in the background or, at the very least, some instrumental music to inspire me. But, I can’t. I can’t have any music playing at all. It makes it impossible for me to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ooh, I’m all excited! My new iMac arrived today, contributing to my fandom of all things Apple. It’s a big computer, right enough, and the bluetooth keyboard and mouse are a joy to use. The 24″ screen is a beast next to my 13″ Macbook: You can see Eddie – the Headless Horseman’s skull on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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