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 [...]
Archive > March 2009
Twinkle, Twinkle…
The monsters allowed me out for several days to do a series of school visits. My cunning plan, to do a runner, was thwarted when I discovered there was water in every direction. They had released me on the Channel Island of Jersey – there was no escape! I decided to makes the most of [...]
Everybody loves a good villain!
It’s true! Everyone loves a good villain. Alan Rickman’s portrayal of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films is a fantastic example. Didn’t you just want to punch his lights out every time he walked into a scene? He’s the guy everybody loves to hate. I thought he was even better as the Sheriff of [...]
(Dark) Summer Lovin’…
OK, so there are plenty of disadvantages to being stuck in a cave and guarded by foul-smelling monsters. The rotten food is one, Joe’s snoring is another – but I’ve recently discovered a plus point, too… As authors, we’re still writing and, as our books come close to release, our various publishers produce something called [...]
Rumpled Split-Skin
I managed to sneak a story past my monster jailers recently for the utterly brilliant Reading Zone website. It’s the tale of Rumpled Split-Skin, a mysterious zombie who has the power to turn gold into pure brains… You can read the story here: http://www.readingzone.com/?zone=cz&page=fullnews&id=599 If you dare, that is…
Screaming Spires
I managed to get a few days out of the cave to visit both Abingdon and Oxford… A HUGE thank you to Mark Thornton and everyone at Mostly Books in Abingdon for a tremendous event yesterday. I took my box of Scream Street relics down south for the audience to experience, and did my best [...]
OH JIMMY! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?!
Imagine one minute you’re a weedy 11-year-old whose sister can get you in a headlock while filing her nails – and the next minute you’re backflipping right through the glass of first floor windows, fighting off full grown trained agents, running like a cheetah and basically defying all the usual laws of 11-year-old physics… Well [...]
They’re Creepy And They’re Kooky…
If there’s one thing better than finding a great book to read – it’s finding a great book that’s also the first in what looks to be a great series. The monsters had a delivery of fresh books the other day and, while Mark distracted the guards by zooming around the cave, pretending to fly [...]
Sweet and Sour Grapes in a Smug Sauce
As expected, I didn’t win the Enfield Children’s Book Award this morning. The monsters did! In a cruel joke, they let me out for the award ceremony, then sent one of their own to collect the award and laugh in my face. The monster they sent was a chilling beast disguised as a sweet an [...]
They’re here… they’re everywhere!
I really thought the monsters were finally getting to me when I started reading a book about fairies… but what a book it turned out to be! I couldn’t put it down – and that had nothing to do with the gloopy slime that has started oozing from the walls. THE THIRTEEN TREASURES hooks you [...]
