Author Archive
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Powell’s Q&A YAY!
A fine first day at the NYC Comic Con, remind me to tell you about it sometime. But internet access from here is somewhat wonky, so for now I’ll keep this short and – hopefully – sweet (or sweeter than my last post’s nightmare vision of yours truly’s ravening glossy-pink features as I prepared to […]
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
NYC Hee Hee!
Here’s the view from my window… Here, I kid you not (Hell’s teeth!) is a BOATLOAD OF SUSHI-! And here, recorded live in London this very evening but, thanks to the ever-evolving wonders of t’internet, watchable to me and now you, if you fancy it, is some awesome music from my mates Simon Metheringham and […]
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
I know – I’ll invade America! ;)
Yes, following on from my last crack at it back in November ’06, here I am about to embark on my SECOND ATTEMPT TO CONQUER THE USA! Well, erm, at any rate I’m just this minute setting off on a trip to New York. And I’m very excited!! 🙂 The main purpose of the trip […]
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Alcester Art Attack!
Here are some pics from yesterday’s AWESOME visit to Alcester Grammar School, near Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. I did three talks, with around sixty young people in each audience, followed by a signing session in the library. I’d thoroughly enjoyed coming to the school to do my stuff back in October ’06, so was keenly looking […]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Shock: Authors Human Too!
‘I was wondering who inspired you to write?’ asks Josh, from one of the schools I visited last week. Great question. Thanks, Josh! There are a few different possible sides to it – and more than few possible answers. In my case (as I suspect it is with most writers) the drive to write comes […]
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Working it in Wigan, Day Two!
Here are a couple more pics of me blethering like a madman to the bemusement of young students yesterday… 😉 The first session was a gleeful return to Westleigh High School, this time to do my stuff for some Year 7’s, in the library. This was great fun, with loads of good questions, my favourite […]
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
On with the sinister…!
Out on the campaign trail again: since Tuesday night I’ve been here in the wonderful borough of WIGAN, where I’ve been invited to do my stuff at schools in the area as part of The 5th Annual Leigh and Wigan Words Together Literary Festival. I’m always looking out for more event opportunities, that’s a huge […]
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Hee hee hee HEE!
Today I dropped by awesome brand spanking new local independent booksellers THE BIG GREEN BOOKSHOP, to pick up some comics. To my great glee and delight, in their ‘seal of approval’ section I found my favourite review of TIM, DEFENDER OF THE EARTH so far! Take a look: ‘If you don’t like books with action-packed […]
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
The idea of TIM
Now seems a good a minute to answer Amin from London, who asks: Where did you get the idea of TIM, DEFENDER OF THE EARTH? The single best piece of writing advice I’ve ever heard came from an interview I read once with the awesome thriller writer Lee Child: “Write the exact book that you […]
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
British Behemoth to Stomp into Stores in the States!
Hi there. Here’s a picture of me at some unspeakable hour on the night of Friday 2nd Feb 2007: Yeah, well: if you thought being an author was glamorous, now you know the truth! 😉 But this is what I looked like after the two years of work (and the climactic thirteen-hour-straight ‘crunch’!) that it […]
