Can’t believe it! I get a pass to escape from my mildewy, maggot infested corner of the caves on Saturday – to further promote my latest novel, Frozen In Time. And amazingly, the monsters even have contacts with the Portsmouth News, who ran an article about what I am going to do at the Portsmouth [...]
Archive > February 2009
Bookseller Breakthrough!
I’m confident that help is on its way! News that the eight of us have been Trapped By Monsters has made it to the publishing trade magazine, The Bookseller: You can read the article here: http://www.thebookseller.com/news/77901-website-launch-for-trapped-authors.html Finally – our families will know that we’re safe! Our readers will know that we’re still writing! Our publishers [...]
Sneaky Deals?
So there I was, bucket of dribble and a mop (punishment for a bad drawing apparently), when this ‘thing’ oozes past me and what comes fluttering out of its gelatinous pocket but this leaflet. So, Tommy, I’m thinking – how did you manage to get a ‘pass’ out of here – you been cutting a [...]
Ooooookay…
Not only have the monsters given us reasonably fast, semi-reliable internet access so we can update this site, they’ve also given us access to see how many people are visiting, what pages they’re coming from, where in the world they live, etc, etc. One aspect of these statistics I find fascinating is the “Search phrase” [...]
Bargain Alert!
Not sure if it’s of any interest to anyone, but I just got an email from Waterstones advertising an extra 10% off the price of their children’s books when buying online. To get the extra discount, you must enter the code NA2738 on the checkout page. The offer is only available until midnight on Monday [...]
Siftables
While we’re trapped here, the monsters are trying to make me write a new novel BUT I’M RESISTING! I’ve been distracting the monsters (and, um, myself) with some crafty little things called siftables. Well, not the actual things obviously. I did have one but it got eaten (long story). So instead there’s a little video [...]
Gurt Theeg – Bad Luck Goblin
Over the weekend I had the misfortune to get stuck in the cleaning cupboard with a hideous little green-skinned creature. No, it wasn’t Tommy. His skin hasn’t been green since he stopped licking those slugs in his cell. The creature I was stuck in the cupboard with called himself Gurt Theeg. He’s one of the [...]
No! Not MELLING JELLY!
The news from Mark that Blusterfart the Unsteady is considering converting David into dessert has filled me with horror. OK, I’ll admit, that’s partly because if the monsters eat David, then my worry is, who’s going to be next? ;p But it’s also because I just read David‘s STONE GOBLINS, and enjoyed it enormously. In [...]
The Rescue Attempt – Part 3
Another installment from TBM Guest Blogger – Elizabeth Kay… How do monsters get into SatNavs? I’ve always called mine The Beast, so maybe it serves me right. There I was tootling down to the cave for another rescue attempt, when things went very weird indeed. Instead of the “Turn right,” and then “Recalculating”, when you [...]
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 [...]
