Sir Cecily Pomfret, (aged 42 and a half), chief operating officer of the B.U.M., has been knighted in the New Year Honours list. He started his career in weaving as a 16-year old school leaver in 1938. When he left the industry six months later it was as the chief executive of one of Britain’s [...]
Archive > December 2010
Loony poster
I heard a sound the other day while tucking into my special Christmas lurkey with snotlumps (think deformed, wart-covered turkey-like beast with sprout-sized lumps of green snot on the side) kindly laid on by the monsters as a festive “treat”. Footsteps from the passage… I picked up an overcooked schnozzlepap to defend myself should it [...]
A Monstrous Merry Christmas!
We’re in the middle of preparing Christmas dinner at the moment, and it’s my turn to stuff the Garglesnark this year so I don’t have much time. I’d love to write a new festive ditty to celebrate the Christmas season, but Gleeg will probably inhale me alive if I don’t get back to the kitchen [...]
Music for Monsters
It’s the time of year for roundups, when pundits fill space in blogs and papers by making lists of things. In my case, as it’s been about a year since the last time I did it, I thought I’d pass along some music recommendations. If my neighbours have ever wondered this year just what that [...]
Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water
I’m researching leopard seals at the moment. Being the laziest researcher in the ficton world – I will generally wing it and see what I can get away with (you didn’t hear me say that) – I know when a subject grabs me because I’ll be willing to plough through the dryest and densest of [...]
Story Spark at The Ark!
One of the really great fun things to do as an author is events. You get to meet your readers and have lots of fun! But I have to admit yesterday the nerves had got me. My last event of 2010 was a session that I really fretted over, StorySpark at The Ark in Dublin. I think [...]
The Final Witchfinder Cover – updated with blurb!
Hi guys, Well, here it is – the cover for Witchfinder 3: The Last Nightfall, the final book in the series. Witchfinder 2: Gallows at Twilight is officially released on 6th January with this third book coming in September… With a sickening jolt, Jake realized that everything before this had been just a prelude to terror. [...]
COMING TO A SCHOOL NEAR YOU…
Spot the WBD DVD stars… And that stands for World Book Day Digital Versatile Disc… In spite of snow, ice, no working rail network and assorted closed airports, a bunch of authors from all over the UK staggered in to London at the end of November/early December to record their part of a World Book [...]
