Author Archive
Monday, April 13th, 2009
HEE HEE HEE!
Maybe, one day, I’ll be the kind of author who takes it all in their stride — and who /doesn’t/ get absurdly, cacklingly, arm-wagglingly, doing-a-weird-little-dance-in-the-carpark excited whenever they see things like this: …Nah. 😀 My thanks to Justin and Yen for inviting me and looking after me so well, and to everyone I met and […]
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Saturday, April 11th, 2009
Monsters Stole My Head!
As you’ll see from this pic in The Buckinghamshire Examiner, the monsters have stolen the top twenty centimetres of my face, leaving me with nothing above my neck but a huge, cheesy grin. Some people might think it’s an improvement, I know. But I hope the monsters bring the rest of my head back: I’m […]
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Awesome Amersham – The Art Attack Advances!
Briefly, here are some more pics just in of the wonderful Tim and Black Tat art that students at Amersham School created for my visit there the other day. Their stunning work has gone up in a special display at the local branch of UK chain bookstore Waterstone’s! You see it there? Just to the […]
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Saturday, April 4th, 2009
How It’s Done
Here’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you about for a while, something a bit special I reckon. It’s a link to a site where you can download a transcript of a discussion between three storytellers at the top of their game as they’re putting together the ideas that will become one of my favourite […]
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Awesome Amersham Art Attack!
Here’s a pic of me doing my stuff during yesterday’s brilliant visit to Amersham School, in Buckinghamshire: See that display in the background? Take a closer look…! Aren’t these spectacular?? This fantastic display of Tim and Black Tat art was created especially for my visit by students in Amersham’s Year 8. Their work is going […]
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
MONSTROUS GRINS!
Look at this! It’s the brand spanking new UK mass market edition of TIM, published this week! As well as being a fair few quid cheaper than the first edition – a giant monster bargain, guv’nor! – on the back it’s also got some of the cracking comments and quotes that the book got when […]
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Blink. Stretch. Creak. -Burst into Song??
Like some toad-like creature emerging after an extended period of hibernation in the permafrost, I am creaking, stretching, blinking and coming back to life. I’m also gradually starting to catch up with stuff I’ve neglected while on nose-to-the-grindstone time with Phase Three…! First up, here’s an interview with me by Chris Skoyles of The LINC […]
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
PHLOOF
After five months bashing my head against it, the new draft of my current book is DONE. And I am happy with it. If the monsters will let me, for the next few days I intend to look something like this: The caption is The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters. It’s by Francisco Goya. ————————– […]
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Way Down In The Hole
I’m writing these words from the bottom of a very deep hole, where I’m currently languishing until I finish the second draft of my new book… Yes, it’s crunch time, folks, and anything could happen: I’m not kidding, last time I got to this point with a book I freaked out and cut all my […]
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Messages of Support
Got a message from the outside world today, in the shape of an email and a pic by my fabulously talented illustrator mate Barnaby Richards. I opened the attachment, hoping for an expression of sympathy to lighten the darkness of our plight in here, and what did I find…? It’s a message of support all […]
