Archive > September 2009
Happy RD Day from me, too!
Like Tommy, I’ve also made a video discussing my favourite Roald Dahl book. What’s your favourite?
Happy Roald Dahl Day!
13th September is Roald Dahl Day and, to celebrate, here I am discussing my favourite book from the great man… I had to sneak out of the cave to the triffid garden to record this, so I hope you appreciate the effort… *Several eagle-eared viewers may have spotted my, er… deliberate mistake in saying that [...]
Bludgeoned By Brilliance
There’s a book by Roald Dahl that sometimes gets underrated or overlooked these days: Tales of the Unexpected. It’s hard to say what’s my favourite thing Dahl wrote – my opinion changes all the time! – but right now it just might be a story from that book, called Lamb to the Slaughter. Lamb to [...]
How to Recognize a Witch
I recently finished reading ‘The Witches’ with my daughter and, with Roald Dahl Day fast approaching (13th Setember), I thought I’d pick and draw something from the book. I set about with the idea of doing something witty but this face emerged. As if by magic. Magic most foul. Here’s the passage… “You can never [...]
A video message
Recently, I was forced decided to record a video message to all those who may have been contemplating coming to rescue us from the clutches of our monster captors. And here it comes now.
Poster Boys
Do your classroom or library walls suffer from blandness and boring areas? Do you yearn for something to look at other than that tattered old picture of Duran Duran? Then panic no more – the Poster Boys are here… At Write2Excite – www.write2excite.co.uk – you can claim your FREE set of four posters, featuring best-selling [...]
Gone.
Found a copy of this in the cave. It’s been on my list of books to read for some time after a string of recommends by people who know their books. They were right. This book is an awesome read … but strictly for older readers. There is a warning on the back of the [...]
WORDS INTO PICTURES
One of the lovely things about writing stories is when they spark off other creative types and get them doing their thing. That’s why, like Tommy and his Scream Street art, I was delighted to find all kinds of pictures inspired by The Shapeshifter series, on the same Deviant Art website. If you want to [...]
Wriggling Things
Another artist who clearly did time in these caves is Hieronymus Bosch. Check this out: This is a detail from the painting known to humans as The Garden of Earthly Delights. It’s blatantly painted from life. You can see scenes just like this any day of the week at the Monster Municipal Pools, especially whenever [...]
