On day release from the caves last week I was rooting around the old parental loft and found, nestled amongst the bats and worms and empty absinthe bottles, a teeny tiny newspaper I’d made when I was five. I’d forgotten all about these early journalistic tendencies, but now I’ve seen the teeny tiny newspaper again [...]
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The book is dead! Long live the book!
This week, and for the first time ever, I laid my hands on some of that amazon kindling stuff. Well, it was rubbish for lighting fires; couldn’t get it to give me a spark no matter how many of its lovely little buttons I pressed. I even tried to use the screen to reflect the [...]
An Elephant never…um, I’ve forgotten.
It’s very strange to look back through an old sketchbook and come across something that you’ve quite forgotten about. I have no idea what this elephant is planning but, quite frankly, she looks like trouble.
Signing Pens
After dropping off my children to school I’ll often swing by my local Costas for a quick coffee before heading over to the drawing board. Now I’ll nearly always have a sketchbook about my person, no matter where I am. But…not this morning. I did have my pen, however, so I made do with a [...]
PEN WARS (da-dadilah-dadada-da-dadilah-dadada…)
The next time you get a book signed by your favourite author you might think he or she is scribbling their name with just any old thing. But you’d be wrong. To authors, the choice of pen is a very important thing. As important as a conductor’s baton. As important as a F1 driver’s helmet. [...]
Lammyr and Lamiae
I only came across the Lamiae recently, and quite by accident. I thought I’d made up the Lammyr all by myself, you see. My faeries in FIREBRAND (who aren’t in the least bit pink and don’t have wings, more’s the pity) have a terrible time with the Lammyr, who are kind of like the embarrassing [...]
Some Young Punks!
Anyone who knows me well will know that I have a soft spot for a glass of quality red wine. I was very disturbed recently to discover during a foray out of the caves that even this area is being taken over by monsters! Apparently a group of young business-minded chaps have recently bought some [...]
Friday Lunges
There’s a lot of sitting around in the cave so it’s important to keep fit. I have a strict daily exercise routine and Friday… is Lunges Day…
Witchfinder: The Complete Saga…
Hi guys! Well, I’ve just completed the latest draft of the last Witchfinder book. There’ll be a few changes in the next month or so when I come to look at the book again with my brilliant editor Jasmine, but the central plot will remain the same: what happens to Jake Harker and his friends, the eventual fate [...]
ARE YOU READING TOO MUCH?
Lost in Scream Street? Cornered by Witchfinder? Frozen In Time? Is it possible you’re just reading TOO MUCH? Try the Trapped By Monsters Quiz and find out… Q1. You’re plunging through Jimmy Coates: Target, gasping and driving your fingernails into the shiny cover in your excitement, when your mum calls from downstairs, telling you tea [...]
