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National Libraries Day

3 February 2012

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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

14 January 2012

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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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Story Ideas: This Way

13 January 2012

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As any writer who does events in schools will tell you, one of the most common questions we get asked is “Where do your ideas come from?”. There are as many answers to that question as there are writers in the world, but I thought I’d share the story of where my most recent idea [...]

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Marvel Graphic Novel Collection

3 January 2012

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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

2 January 2012

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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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Find me on Facebook

30 December 2011

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Now obviously you know I’ve got a blog, or how else would you be reading this? But did you know you can also find me on Facebook? Oh aye, I’m dead up to date with technology an’ that. If you enjoy my books then hurry up and become an official fan over on the Facebook [...]

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Got a new Kindle?

28 December 2011

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Well, Christmas has been and gone and I’m hoping that Santa was nice to you all. He was very nice to me and brought me a Kindle ebook reader, even though – whisper it – I’m not really a very big fan of ebooks. I much prefer the feel smell and taste of a real [...]

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5 Facts About Curtis Jobling

28 November 2011

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Tomorrow sees the beginning of what is destined to be the greatest battle in the history of all mankind. A thousand years hence, citizens of what shall by then be known as “Baztopia” (currently “Earth”) will look back and say “ooh, that was quite exciting, wasn’t it?”, before returning to their blissful, joy-filled lives. Because [...]

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My Mad November

17 November 2011

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It has been a right rollercoaster of a November this year, with me zooming all over the country doing events. Back at the start of the month I took part in the Faclan Hebridean Book Festival which saw me jetting off to visit schools on the Isles of Lewis, Harris and Barra. I was there [...]

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Book Cover Wars 2011

31 October 2011

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You may remember that last year, The Crowmaster was one of the finalists in the Book Cover Wars event held over at Mr Ripley’s Enchanted Books. I asked you to vote and you voted in your tens! Sadly, The Crowmaster was beaten by… someone else. I forget who. That pesky Shan, probably. Anyway, that was [...]

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