The monsters have just told me some exciting news – HERO.COM: RISE OF THE HEROES and VILLAIN.NET: COUNCIL OF EVIL audio books are now on iTunes! Just go to the iTunes Store on your computer, iPod or iPhone and download ‘em! While you’re there, be sure to check out: ALI SPARKES – THE SHAPESHIFTER: RUNNING [...]
Archive > August 2009
Holiday Time
I was wondering whether any of you write while you’re on holiday. I don’t just mean my fellow cave-dwellers, but blog readers too. If you’re into writing and coming up with stories, do you take a notebook and pen with you on a trip? Or a laptop? Perhaps it’s weird for a professional writer to [...]
Bwah ha. BWHA HA HA HA!
Ahem! Er, sorry about that, but I’m rather excited. Here’s an interview with me by Tracy Baines for her blog, Tall Tales & Short Stories. Tracy’s brilliant blog is a great information source for aspiring and up-and-coming authors. I’ve done my best to pass on a bit of whatever wisdom I’ve managed to hang onto [...]
Writing ambitions
This is a question for not just the published writers (both trapped in here and visiting the blog), but for anyone reading who harbours any desire to become a writer. What’s your ultimate writing ambition? If you could pick one writing ‘job’ you could have, what would it be? Perhaps it’d be something as simple [...]
Nice one, Mike!
Here’s a fantastic early candidate for my Monster Art Attack giveaway… Very early, in fact: this was painted by a promising twelve or thirteen year old artist by the name of Michelangelo – around five hundred years ago! The above is a (cropped, lightened) detail from The Torment of St Anthony. Like they say on [...]
It’s often easy to forget that, as writers, we work with words every day and find communicating our thoughts and feelings to others a very simple affair – even if those feelings are along the lines of “Argh! Gerraway from me you hideous snot-dribbling monster!” But that’s not the case for everyone. Some people struggle [...]
OFFICIAL HERO.COM COMPETITION AND A SHORTLISTED BOOK!?
Those good folks at Oxford University Press have just launched the official HERO.COM competition! You can win a PLAYSTATION 3, some games vouchers, a subscription to your favourite Panini comic… or some signed book from me! Just go to www.whichsideareyouon.co.uk – choose a side and click on COMPETITION – and answer the question. It’s that [...]
The Gruffalo – free audio download
Just been pointed to a free audio download of Julia Donaldson’s fab children’s story, The Gruffalo. Being an audio download, you don’t get the pictures (obviously), but what do you want for free? The moon on a stick? Anyway, just follow the link below and download the audio file from there. The Gruffalo
Carrot Goblin
I came across this bad boy in my sketchbook the other day and thought I’d add a little colour. So I did…
RITUAL – discretion advised!
RITUAL is here… my first graphic novel from Markosia Comics. Now let’s get something straight – this is not for the squeamish, so parental discretion is advised as it is gruesome in places and suited for more mature readers… or at least those who have strong stomachs! As a writer, it’s good to break away [...]
