Even seasoned writers like to learn from each other, which is why I have enjoyed Tommy Donbavand’s excellent HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS ONLINE posts. If you are a published writer you should check them out! During events one question I am often asked is how people can become writers. That’s a difficult question as [...]
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THAT’S THE WAY TO DO IT!
Despite being trapped by monsters, most of us here in the caves do get the chance to escape to schools and libraries and even small theatres from time to time as part of our continuing mission to get people excited about books. And most schools treat us very well. A few… perhaps egged on by [...]
Some things I’ll do this weekend (an illustrator’s perspective).
Try again to get rid of the stubborn cupboard poltergeist. If successful, welcome in a new tenant. Go for walks. Draw the local wildlife. Observe their natural behaviour… …and maybe discover previously unknown habits Then later, reflect on all I have seen and heard, learn from it, and hope it makes me a better person. [...]
Well this answers the question…
… of what Philip Reeve named his two alpacas. Not Gandalf and Strider after all then, Philip! What a delightful little video this is. I particularly love the cartoon of the octopus driving the tractor through the field of alien tentacles. I feel a book in that somewhere.
Drawing in Dublin
Well, I’ve just got back from my trip to Dublin where I was involved in an evening of Illustration at Easons bookshop. A big thankyou to Dave O’Callaghan for inviting me over and to Siobhan Tierney from Hachette for looking after me during my stay and for making sure I had a regular supply of [...]
TARZAN IS HEADING YOUR WAY!
I had a great day yesterday at the Maidstone Book Awards where I gave my first ever Tarzan presentation and sold the very first book – ever, anywhere in the world! In fact, it was the first time I had even seen the book. That changed this morning when a rather nice packaged arrived at [...]
HOW DO YOU DO IT?!
I’m always being asked how I do it. And I ought to know. I mean… I’ve done it around 30 times by now so I really should have worked it out. How DO I write stories? When I’m asked this during a school visit I often feel a bit awkward because I know that children [...]
Ooh, me aching fingers
It feels like forever since I’ve posted on here. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to, mind, it’s just that I’ve been saddled with a bit of a hefty workload over the past couple of months. This has meant that I had to forget about everything that didn’t involve writing or promoting my books. I [...]
