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Doc Mortis
The fourth thrilling book in this darkly funny horror series Darren Shan called... read more
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
The First Draft Sandwich
After several months of writing, including a few weeks in which I feared I was never going to get there, I today reached the end of my latest book. It’s a standalone novel which is loosely connected to THE 13TH HORSEMAN, but that’s not important right now. What I’d like to talk to you about today is the writing process and, more specifically, the rewriting process. You see, writing a book is a lot like making a sandwich. Normally when …
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The complete RISE OF DOC MORTIS
He stood by the wall, his gnarled hands clutching his leather case. In three minutes, the only friend he had ever known would be dead. And he couldn’t wait. Back in August I took part in a blog tour, contributing posts to a number of blogs as I promoted the latest Fiends book, DOC MORTIS. For part of this tour I wrote an exclusive prequel to the book – THE RISE OF DOC MORTIS – which was published across a …
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Off the Page Festival
If any of you are around Stirling in Scotland this weekend, you might want to come along to my two-hour author talk and writing workshop combo as part of the Off the Page Festival. I’ll be talking about all things INVISIBLE FIENDS and taking questions, then spending an hour discussing writing techniques and how to create horrific horror characters. The event is on Saturday 17th at the Tolbooth theatre, and starts at 10:30 am. Tickets cost just £3, which is …
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Invisible Fiends art!
Check out the absolutely Fiend-tastic (sorry) image below by top artist and all-round great bloke, Drew Moss. It’s Drew’s interpretation of a scene in DOC MORTIS. I won’t tell you exactly what’s happening, so as not to spoil things for those who haven’t read it, but I will say it’s probably my favourite scene of the whole book, and Drew has done a brilliant job of capturing it. What do you think of Drew’s artwork? Let me know in the …
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The Apocalypse Clock is ticking
There is now just a little under six months until my first standalone book, THE 13TH HORSEMAN, is published. I’ll be launching a new website when the book comes out, and the countdown has now begun to publication day, and the Apocalypse it brings with it. Go check out The13thHorseman.com to see for yourself. While you’re there, sign up for the newsletter to keep up to date with all the latest Apocalyptic developments. If you’re on Facebook, you can also …
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Jack and Jim’s 1 in 6 run
Did you know that 1 in 6 adults in the UK have the reading age of an 11-year-old? This is a problem that the National Literacy Trust is working hard to address, and yet the government this year announced that they would no longer be providing the trust with funding. While the government appears not to care about the country’s literacy levels, the lovely people at the NLT still do, and they’re working hard to raise the money necessary to …
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