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Mr Mumbles – the alternate cover

I’m not sure if I’ve posted this on here before or not, but a while ago I came up with a potential cover design for the first book in the INVISIBLE FIENDS series, MR MUMBLES. Yes, you could probably argue that the finished version by Jonny Duddle  is better (and definitely more appropriate), but come [...]

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Fun with Photoshop

Spent half an hour this morning mucking about with a camera, Photoshop, and a hat. I’d have loved to have had more time to work on this picture, but I’ve got a stack of work to get through before Christmas, so unfortunately I had to rush through. Still, I think the finished result isn’t too [...]

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Ben 10 Alien Force

In all the excitement of the build up to Invisible Fiends: Mr Mumbles heading towards publication, I completely forgot to mention that two new books I wrote for Egmont were recently published. They’re based on episodes from Ben 10 Alien Force, the follow-on series to Ben 10, which I wrote a few books about. Click [...]

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My favourite online bookseller

There was probably a time, many years ago, when the people behind Amazon cared about books. Maybe they were passionate about reading, champions of the written word on a mission to spread books to every corner of the globe. If that was indeed the case, it’s safe to say their mission has long-since been forgotten, [...]

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Just a quickie

Not going to blog much today, but nor can I miss a day and fail my 31 day blogging challenge, so I’m going to do my best to squeeze something out. That sounds more unpleasant than intended. Today has been fairly hectic. I had a lengthy meeting with a school about an anthology I’m helping [...]

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The BLEEEUGH Factor

Earlier this year I posted this entry about a chap I considered at the time to be without question the most irritating human being alive. His name is Mitchel Musso, and in the video I posted he was performing his own gut-churningly awful version of the song “Lean on Me” as featured in the Disney [...]

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Review: CRAWLERS by Sam Enthoven

OK, here goes… It’s never easy to tell someone you really don’t like something they’ve written. It’s even more difficult when you know that person. When you’re sharing an underground cave with them, surrounded by monsters? Then it’s a really unpleasant thing to have to do. Luckily, then, I have to do no such thing, as [...]

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Where to find me

Time for a bit of self-promotion, I reckon. Chances are, if you’re reading this blog you’re in some way interested in me or my books. That’s great news. I’m dead chuffed about that, so I am. And if you are interested in finding out more about me or INVISIBLE FIENDS here are some of the [...]

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Kentucky Fried Fairies

During my school workshops I mention an early attempt I made at writing a children’s book – a comedy fantasy novel called KENTUCKY FRIED FAIRY. I’ve mentioned it on the blog a few times, and if you do a search for the title you’ll even find a few sample chapters to download and read. Today, [...]

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Some overdue apologies

I am going to devote this blog entry to an apology. Or rather, to a series of apologies, many of which are long overdue. I hope you will bear with me as I cleanse my soul of sin. I’d like to start by apologising to Miss Adam my primary four teacher, for disappointing and angering [...]

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