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Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists

A while back I asked on Twitter what people would like to see more of here on my blog. A few people said they’d like to see some reviews of books I’ve enjoyed. I already do write some reviews over at The Phantom Zone, but there are a lot of books I read which don’t [...]

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I am 4 (Well, this blog is)

It’s the 15th of February, and what does that mean? Yes it’s the day after Valentine’s Day, but that’s not what I mean. It has been four years since I wrote my first post on this here website. Look, here it is here. A lot has changed since then. I’m older for one. And fatter [...]

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Win signed copies of The 13th Horseman

Just a quick post to let you know about two chances to win signed copies of THE 13TH HORSEMAN, my new comedy fantasy novel from HarperCollins. The first competition is open to Goodreads members only, but as it’s free and painless to create a Goodreads account, there’s nothing to stop you becoming a member if [...]

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National Libraries Day

Tomorrow (Sat 4th February) is National Libraries Day, a day when people up and down the country are being urged to get down to their local library and be reminded of just how flippin’ brilliant it is. Because libraries are brilliant, and right now they really need your help, with countless branches being closed across [...]

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Diary of the Apocalypse

Another day, another new website to tell you all about. Pestilence – one of the Horseman of the Apocalype and a major player in my upcoming novel THE 13TH HORSEMAN – has started keeping a diary, which I’m publishing online without his knowledge or consent. I’ll continue to publish his diary entries right up until [...]

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Cover Concept. And a Massive Spider.

I’ve been clearing out an old external hard drive tonight as I attempt to get myself organised for the new year ahead. While doing so I came across this rough cover design for the first Invisible Fiends book, Mr Mumbles. The art, as ever, is by the brilliant Jonny Duddle. Which cover do you think [...]

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Evolution of The Beast

Tomorrow (5th of January) is the official publication day for the penultimate Invisible Fiends book The Beast. I’ve decided against doing blog tours of any of that stuff for this book and will instead be posting a lot of content here on the blog that you’ll hopefully find interesting. I’m going to start by talking [...]

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Marvel Graphic Novel Collection

It’s a real quickie this one, but I wanted to let you all know that I’ve written a review of the Marvel Ultimate Graphic Novel Collection over on my other website, The Phantom Zone. The review is of the first book to be released in the series, The Amazing Spider-Man: Coming Home, and you can [...]

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First review of THE BEAST

Darren over at the fantastic BookZone4Boys has written the first review of the lastest INVISIBLE FIENDS book, THE BEAST. Darren has been a huge supporter of the series since it started, and this review is no exception. “This is definitely one of my favourite series of books for the 9+ age group of the past [...]

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Set your writing goals now!

In a recent survey on Twitter a lot of my followers said they’d like me to post more writing advice here on the blog. The following blog post, then, is aimed primarily at those readers who are interested in becoming authors themselves, but a lot of it can be applied to anyone so don’t go [...]

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