In the gallery I’ve posted pictures of libraries from the homes of 5 famous people. I didn’t sneak in and take the pictures myself. That would have been mainly illegal, except in the case of one of the celebrities, who happens to be my natural father.
Author Archive > Joe
Writing Tips to a Curious Reader
s I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately asking for ‘writing tips’ I thought I’d share some of what I wrote.
A Song About Snow! By Me!
If this works, there should be a little music-player thingy here, through which you can hear a song of mine and even, possibly, download it for free! (It’ll stay free for the first 200 people who download it – so get in there quickly!) It’s a song called ‘Underneath the Snow’ and it’s from a [...]
Monster On My Trail
Monster have been keeping a close eye on me in the last week while I travelled about. I skipped over to Kerry for some events in the Irish Children’s Book Festival, I hopped back to London for Haydon School’s Book Day and tonight I’ll be jumping (on a train) to get to Gloucestershire, where two [...]
Keep-Fit for Writers
Now that Winter’s coming on, it’s even less likely that you’ll see any writers outdoors. So how do we stay in shape? How can we possibly make sure our fragile little bodies are up to the task of churning out all of those words? It’s easy – especially now that there’s a Joe Craig Work-Out [...]
Jimmy Coates Invades Your Classroom
What are all these tiny people doing running about the streets in matching uniforms? What’s that? Schools? Term time? How very confusing for all of us. Well, if it’s term time again I suppose that means that I’ll be visiting some schools at some point soon. And it also means that somewhere out there in [...]
Advice for Writers
Lately I’ve had a lot of messages (from kids & adults) asking for advice about writing. I have lots of serious advice. Much of it is on my website, which I must update now that it seems more people are interested. Advice about stories, about creativity, about the process… But there are also a few [...]
Time To See the Other Holmesdale Interview!
A while back Tommy posted the interview he gave at Holmesdale Technology College in Kent. Well, I was there too! And I also gave an interview. In fact, for some it, Tommy was sitting at the back making faces at me. It was a little distracting. But only a little. Because, as you’ll see from [...]
Who Likes To Write?
Tough times for authors everywhere, what with the travelling to events in all corners of the planet, the meetings in backrooms with hardly a muffin in sight, the deadlines, the solitude, the crazy rants you find written on your bedroom wall when you wake up (and the shame when you realise it’s your own handwriting)… [...]
Riddles in Wales
I’m pretty sure I’m back at home in England now, but to be honest I wouldn’t be surprised if I were actually at another book festival somewhere, possibly standing in a very hot tent trying to entertain an audience comprised of kids between 4 and 16, their parents, and a whole bunch of adults who’ve [...]
