Tommy in grave peril (geddit?!)
Do you want to be a writer? Read that sentence again. I didn’t ask if you’d LIKE to be a writer. I asked if you WANT to be a writer. Do you NEED it? Because if you don’t, it won’t happen. Sorry. Not too long ago, I was approached at a school event by a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recently, in a break from writing, I posted these tweets on Twitter: The idea of removing a single letter from a book title to create a new one had occurred to me about half an hour earlier and, before long, other suggestions were popping up, such as: Lice in Wonderland Little Omen The Hunt for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
How do you make a great picture book even better? Simple – you bring it to life! Hugless Douglas, written and illustrated by one of my fellow Trapped By Monsters inmates, David Melling, is now an app for the iPad and iPhone. You can read the book – now with animated illustrations – yourself, or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello Screamers Check out the latest edition of The Terror Times here: http://www.tommydonbavand.com/terror-times/tt0911/ This month there’s advice for new writers, videos from Scream Street fans, a brand new short story – and much more! What a scream! Tommy
On Friday 6th October 2006, I spent the day running creative writing workshops at a school in Wallsend, Newcastle. I’d quit my day job as operations director for a children’s touring theatre company a week earlier to become a full-time writer, and was throwing myself into school visits as a way to earn some money. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My blog is four years old today – which means I’m now 44. I read back through some of my old posts this morning. It’s been a hectic four years. In that time, I’ve had 18 books published and signed deals to write many more. Scream Street has been published all around the world, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Merry Christmas to all my readers! Tommy
Today I finished the first draft of my 32nd book – and the eighth I’ve written entirely in Scrivener – http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php. I’ve also used Scrivener to write dozens of short stories, a handful of magazine articles and countless book proposals. I’ve got a stage script or two on the go, and I’ve even had a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My son, Arran, made this fang-shaped Scream Street clock for my office… Fangs, buddy!
I get dozens of emails each month from young readers asking where they can buy my Scream Street books. My answer is always the same – you can get them at any local bookshop (if they don’t have the copy you want in stock, they can order it in), you can buy them online or, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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