Archive for August, 2008

150 & Counting…

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

The Scream Street group on Facebook has hit the 150 member mark - which is fantastic, as my goal was to reach 100 members before the books were published.  Now, of course, I’m hoping for 200…
If you haven’t joined yet - point your mouse in this direction and click with us!  members get to read [...]

 

Fairies, Fiends & Flatulence

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Arran and I have just got back from seeing Artemis Fowl author, Eoin Colfer’s one man show - Fairies, Fiends & Flatulence.  It was a fantastic performance with Eoin talking about his childhood in Wexford, Ireland and - in particuar - dealing with his four brothers.
He explained where the inspiration came from for the characters [...]

 

Die Zombie Schule

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Look at what those crazy Germans have done to the first two books I wrote in the Too Ghoul For School series…

I really like these covers!
Tommy
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Are You Lookin’ At Me?

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

I just uploaded my photo to one of those ‘which celebrity do you look like’ things.  Oh dear.  Oh dear, oh dear.

52% Mother Teresa?!
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Hive Got To Be Going

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

I was doing a spot of gardening the other day when I noticed a wasp.  I agree this isn’t unusual, especially as we’re now in August - and I’m really not trying to impress you with my acute powers of observation.  Stay with me…
Before long, I spotted another, and another - both heading in the [...]

 

Wonderful Widgets

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed the new widget on the right hand side of the page.  This is a book widget created especially for the first four titles in the Scream Street series by the lovely people at Adaptive Blue.  Lovely people - because they made the widget for free.
Have a play with [...]

 

Follow The Bear

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

The lovely folks at Walker Books recently asked me to write an entry for the Bear Blog on their spiffy new website - so I decided to reveal the answer to a question we authors are asked constantly…
Where do you get your ideas from?
Want to finally know the answer?  Check out the Bear Blog here!
Tommy
If [...]