I appeared briefly on The National Lottery on BBC1 last night to help promote Seven Stories’ bid for one of the National Lottery Awards.  Unfortunately, we didn’t win - but I’m sure the publicity will attract lots of new visitors to the centre.
Tommy
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The first review for Fang of the Vampire - the first book in the Scream Street series - is now online.  It includes:
‘Fang of the Vampire’ is a fast paced, action-packed story packed with horror and humour. It is not the type of horror that is likely to give young readers nightmares but it is [...]

I’m delighted to announce that another top author has read and enjoyed the first book in the Scream Street series. This time it was Artemis Fowl creator, Eoin Colfer. Here’s what he had to say:
“Exactly the sort of grisly, gross and hilarious stuff that kids will love!”
Eoin Colfer
Thanks, Eoin!
Tommy
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A recent email asked if I could show a screenshot of my computer desktop, so here goes… (You can click on the image to get a better look.)

As you can see, I work on a Mac, and I’ve made my own Scream Street desktop wallpaper (you can download a Scream Street desktop of your own [...]

Huzzah!
The Scream Street group on Facebook is now 200 members strong!
Why not join the fun yourself?  Members get to read exclusive extracts, get sneak peaks at artwork and are the first to hear of upcoming author events.  Plus, there’s a chance for one member to win the very first Scream Street book I ever sign!
Just [...]

I’ve just finished rewriting the fifth book in the Scream Street series, Skull of the Skeleton.  My editor’s notes were, as ever, spot on, and I worked to make the book as exciting as possible - especially as it all takes place in a single night, and features an appearance from a particularly well-known horror [...]

Seven Stories, the centre for children’s books, has arranged a spooky Halloween event to celebrate the publication of the first four Scream Street novels.
I’ll be running my ‘Scary Scribes’ creative writing workshop, then reading from Scream Street and ‘Ghostwriter’ - the story I wrote exclusively for Seven Stories.  After the readings, there’ll be a question [...]

Today would have been my Mum’s birthday.  Sadly, I have to say ‘would have’ as she died from cancer three years ago.  I miss her more than I could possibly say.
As my career grew - first as an actor, and then as a writer - she always used to say: ‘When you’ve made it, you [...]

I’ve received a couple of emails from people asking why I’ve stopped reviewing the books I read.  The answer is that I haven’t stopped - I’ve just been reviewing them somewhere else…
The magazine, Junior Education Plus asked me to review ten spooky kids books for their October issue, and I’ve been reading little else for [...]

Today, I finished and submitted the top secret project I’ve been working on.  It turned out really well, and I enjoyed writing it - but now I have to seal all knowledge of it in the deepest recesses of my brain and never let it surface again.
This post will self-destruct in five seconds…
Tommy
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