Holidays are usually the time to sit back and bathe the mind in a sea of…um, well something relaxing. Or so I thought. I was let out of the cave for a few days but found myself filling my sketchbook with images that have kept me awake many nights. Once you’ve experienced what we have [...]
Archive > August 2009
MONSTROUS EXPLOITATION
I mentioned to our captors that my Monster Makers series wasn’t getting quite as much promotion as I felt it deserved. Particularly in New Zealand. Now although they’ve taken exception to some of the stuff you guys have written, they had to admit, on reading Electrotaur & Slashermite, Stinkermite, Bashertaur, Spacemite and Rockataur, that monsters [...]
It’s a good job my head is hard!
Several monsters caught up with me whilst I was on the run for three and a half weeks in Florida. This one nearly had me for a moment or two. Fortunately my head is harder than this guy’s teeth. He was not happy when he found himself spitting his pearly whites into the Everglades! Aside [...]
More McKenzie Magic
I was fortunate enough to get one of the first copies of Girl Missing, the debut novel by Sophie McKenzie when it launched a couple of years back. It was no surprise to me that it went on to win several prestigious awards, as it was wonderfully written. I didn’t get around to reading her [...]
Scream Street Goes Stateside!
The first two books in the Scream Street series – Fang of the Vampire and Blood of the Witch – are published in the US today by Candlewick Press! To celebrate the publication, I’ve made a second Scream Street USA trailer – which features my first attempt at using a green screen in my videos. [...]
[Shudders]
Ali’s post the other day filled me with horror. Partly it was her question: If you had to save just one book from your childhood shelf, what would it be? If I was in that situation, I’d be a goner for sure. The oncoming fire/flood/apocalypse/seething tide of monster vomit would catch me still dithering in [...]
SERIOUS TALON
Now, I have to confess something. When I first got a Dragon Orb book my heart quailed. Although I too am a fantasy writer (sort of), the whole ethereal otherwordly realm thing isn’t really my bag. I wanted to read it because I’d heard how great Mark’s writing is from fellow TBMers, but what if [...]
Mwahaha! Eat THAT, Donbavand!
While doing my weekly search to find sites where INVISIBLE FIENDS: MR MUMBLES is available to pre-order, I came across the following chart on Amazon. Click to enlarge, then note number 8 in the chart. And then note number 9… It’s worth noting, however, that this chart is now out of date. The current chart [...]
My disguise worked … for a while!
Where have I been? Well, I thought to abandon my fellow captives and see how far I got on my own before the monsters dragged me back. You see I’d found what I believed to be the cave that Andy followed to California earlier in the year, but instead I ended up emerging in Orlando, [...]
