Archive | April, 2008

News from The Onion

28 April 2008

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 Quite often I catch myself inserting commas into places commas were never meant to be inserted.  It’s a problem I’m all too aware of, and I’m making efforts to remedy it.  Maybe because of this affliction of mine, this made me laugh: Commas, Turning Up, Everywhere WASHINGTON—In the midst of a crisis that may have [...]

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I’ve got a secret, la la-la la la laaaa!

24 April 2008

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Unfortunately, I can’t tell you what it is.  Maybe in a few months.  January 2009 at the latest.  Promise. Let’s just say I may be going to write something which will boost my hero ranking with my 5 year old son by about a million points. No word on my own series yet.  I’ll have [...]

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More news on Wow! 366

23 April 2008

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Found this on TheBookseller.com: Meanwhile, Prime Minister Gordon Brown will contribute a story for children to a book coming from Scholastic in August. Wow! 366 will offer “mini stories from massive writers”, with 366 tales—one for each day of this leap year—told in just 366 words. Contributors include Terry Jones, Charlie Higson, Eve Ibbotson and [...]

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Wow! 366

23 April 2008

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It’s late. I really should be in bed. But I’ve just discovered this on Amazon: This is the book I contributed a short story to recently, as some of you may recall. It’s published by Scholastic and is supporting the NSPCC. I am amazed to discover my story is in a book alongside tales from [...]

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Keep it in the family

22 April 2008

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I’ve known for the last couple of years that my niece, Lauren, is keen on writing.  She’s eleven years old, and is already shaping up to be a fantastic author.  She has an unbelievable imagination, and I’ve told her several times that she’ll be overtaking me in the writing stakes soon. And how right I [...]

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Every cloud …

22 April 2008

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Having spent most of last week working on the second draft of The SHiM, it was a relief when I found myself nearing the end.  I didn’t have a lot of time to spare while doing the rewrite, so I was grabbing the odd half hour here and there and writing on my laptop, then [...]

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THE SHiM – Progress Update

1 April 2008

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If you read this post, you’ll know that I am working against the clock on my current project, trying to keep up the chapter a day demands of my son and his bedtime story requirements. I’m happy to report that things are so far, so good. He spent Sunday night at his gran’s house, so [...]

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Writing Lesson #1

1 April 2008

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First of all, a disclaimer: I don’t claim to be an expert on the creative writing process. Yes, I’ve had screenplays optioned, books published, magazine articles printed, and all that jazz, but I still consider myself very much a beginner, with a whole lot to learn. That said, I’ve been wracking my brains since starting [...]

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