It’s been a while since the monsters have let me write a bit of blog, because they’ve been making me write flat out to finish my current adventure. Slibberflob Wartpop stood over me and periodically pressed my nose to a spinning grindstone that he’d made with cave rock and the spindle off an old record player (I think Sam had a vinyl deck about this person when we were first kidnapped). I have lost part of my nose by pressing it against the grindstone while I bashed out the final few chapters. Of course, some who have met me might argue this is a Good Thing. I had a bit too much nose to begin with.

Anyway, having now FINISHED (hurrah!!!!) the current book, I can now tell you that we had a FABULOUS time down at the Caves at Wookey Hole at the start of the month, launching DARK SUMMER. A mob of us went into the caves for a reading – including some fans who had travelled from as far away as Maidstone and Dublin!  

Guys, I think we should persuade the Monsters to bring in some audiences so we can all do a cave reading. It’s the best for atmosphere and acoustics. Your voice just floats around in a spooky way. I nearly scared myself. Sadly, I suspect the health & safety forms required by schools these days would be a problem. Especially on the Hazard Assessment bit which reads:

LIKELIHOOD OF A LIMB GETTING EATEN:

Unlikely

Quite Likely

Almost Guaranteed

I think we all know where the tick would go.

Anyway, there will be video on my website soon but for now here’s this ‘atmospheric’ picture (flash photography wasn’t allowed) of some of the audience with me, holding luminobes. And to find out what luminobes are you’ll have to ask Tommy – or read Dark Summer… available in all good bookshops and via the Trapped By Monsters on line bookshop link…

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