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Archive | March, 2008
Targets and incentives
Because I am by nature a right lazy git, over the years I’ve learned that the only way I can make progress with a project is by setting myself targets. I might say I want to get a thousand words done one day, or I might tell myself I have a week to write three [...]
Continue reading...Toxic
21 March 2008
While browsing the comic section of my local supermarket, trying to give the impression I was choosing a high-brow broadsheet newspaper, I spotted that the current issue of Toxic comic came with a rather excellent free gift – an Astrosaurs book. Now, I’m not a HUGE fan of the Astrosaurs series, but the books make [...]
Continue reading...The maddest thing I have ever read
20 March 2008
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Filipinos warned on crucifixions Health officials in the Philippines have issued a warning to people taking part in Easter crucifixion rituals. They have urged them to get tetanus vaccinations before they flagellate themselves and are nailed to crosses, and to practise good hygiene. How mad is that?! Now, [...]
Continue reading...On the shelf
18 March 2008
While browing in the book section of my local WH Smith today, a very familiar cover caught my eye … For some reason it hadn’t even occured to me that I’d find the 2HEADS books I did for Egmont in my local shop. The first of my two installments – Tiger Terror – is on [...]
Continue reading...Soppy Susans From Space
17 March 2008
For possibly the first time ever, I’m able to say that I’ve inspired fellow author, Tommy Donbavand, to do something, rather than the other way round. Following on from my putting the first couple of chapters of Kentucky Fried Fairy on the blog, Tommy has followed suit and put two chapters of his first ever [...]
Continue reading...The Incredible Photo
16 March 2008
On a completely unrelated, non-writing topic, 2008 is looking like a great year for movies. Indiana Jones and Iron Man are looking very promising, but for me there’s one movie which will (I hope) stand head and shoulders above the others. Literally. The Incredible Hulk! Okay, so I’m a geek, I admit it. Roll on [...]
Continue reading...Johnny B. Weeyerd
16 March 2008
As mentioned last week, I’ve been rewriting JOHNNY B. WEEYERD AND THE COSMIC ANNIHILATOR, the first children’s novel I wrote. The fact I had to rewrite it was largely down to one thing: poor preparation. Allow me to explain . . . When I started writing JBW it was going to be a comedy sci-fi [...]
Continue reading...Kentucky Fried Fairy
12 March 2008
While sifting through some old files, I came across this blast from the past. Written immediately after Johnny B. Weeyerd, KENTUCKY FRIED FAIRY was my attempt at comedy fantasy for children. Although I had a great time writing the manuscript, I didn’t do a single bit of planning before starting it, and so it goes [...]
Continue reading...Rewriting (again)
12 March 2008
This week I have been working on a rewrite of my first attempt at a kids’ book. JOHNNY B. WEEYERD AND THE COSMIC ANNIHILATOR was written just over a year ago, whereupon I printed it off, stuffed it in a drawer, and never looked at it again. Recently, my agent read the manuscript and thought [...]
Continue reading...Spider Swat available to pre-order
8 March 2008
Amazon.co.uk now has Spider Swat available to pre-order. Spider Swat is the second book I wrote in the Beastly! series for Egmont. Of the two books I wrote, this is definitely my fave. If you want to pick up a copy, either click this link or the picture on the right.
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