Wha…? Where… where am I? Oh. Wow. I’m back in the cave. I never thought I’d say it, but I’m glad to be back in here. For the past few weeks the monsters have been running be ragged, shunting me from school to school, shoving me into libraries, and generally making sure I spoke to [...]
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Zero Moment has arrived!
If you’re not up to speed with The Joshua Files by the lovely MG Harris, then shame on you! Get out and find the first two books Invisible City and Ice Shock immediately! Book One reads a bit like Jason Bourne meets Alex Rider, while Book Two is more like Indiana Jones meets Dr Who! [...]
GOING FROM BORED TO VERSE
I spoke to some bright young things at a school in Stubbington yesterday and we got to talking about poems at one point. What can you do to polish up your poetry, we pondered? Now, I don’t claim to be a poet, but I do dabble a bit. One thing that has made me love [...]
Dent de Sabre
Anyone for French? I love the covers that my French publishers are putting on the Dragon Orb books. Here’s the latest that’s due to launch in March. What do you think?
All this snow makes it feel like Christmas …
As a pilot for over twenty years it was my job not to crash into things. Occasionally accidents do happen though. I lost count of how many times I massacred birds with my various flying machines. I once had a chunk of ice the size of a grapefruit hit my windshield whilst I was flying at [...]
Evil Thoughts …
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in here, it’s to keep my mouth shut as much as possible!
A Rant-ish Ramble for the new decade
I was going to pick up on Ali’s invitation to make a little list about 2009. I even started making a list. Do you want to see how far I got? Here it is: Best New Chocolate I Discovered: Vivani – especially the ‘Olivio’ dark chocolate, which is made with olive oil. That’s it. That’s my list. The [...]
LIST ME!
All the list shows are on TV right now – and I LOVE them. So here’s my list of STUFF FROM 2009: 1. BEST BOOKS I READ: The Dragon Orb series by Mark Robson 2. FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME: The Mentalist 3. FAVOURITE CHARACTER I MADE UP: Abandinus from Wishful Thinking 4. BEST BOOK-RELATED MOMENT: [...]
