I am thrilled, proud and a little bit tearful to be welcoming my friend Matt Hill to my blog. His debut, ‘The Folded Man’ is published TODAY. ‘The Folded Man’ was named runner-up in the fiercely competitive 2012 Dundee International Book Prize by a judging panel including Stephen Fry and Philip Pullman. Of the novel, […]
So, publication day happened and it was, without a doubt, my most favourite publication day to date. A train to London, a tube to Hammersmith and there I occupied my publisher’s desk (as seen on the photo). A Twitter take over, signing a huge pile of books, being interviewed by Bookcunt and then a phone […]
A little something from my private collection - a gift from my fabulous friend (and illustrator of ‘Freaks!‘), Darren Craske: Tweet
Today I am VERY delighted to welcome the fabulous writer, illustrator of ‘Freaks!’ and my friend, Darren Craske to my blog. He’s taken his first steps into the self-publishing world and I’m hoping you’ll offer him a hello and a ‘yay!’. (And I’ve 5 COPIES of ‘The Lantern Menace’ on epub or mobi files to […]
IT’S HERE! PUBLICATION DAY IS FINALLY HERE! I haven’t had a book out since May 2010, so today is very much a big deal for me. I’ve spoken about ’99 Reasons Why’ lots of times before (here and here and here) and from today my best blogger friends and twitter pals are helping spread the […]
As you know, for me, 2012 is all about believing and that’s why I’m running a series of posts from people who have ‘taken the plunge’ or ‘followed their dreams’ or had a ‘now or never’ moment. I’m hoping these posts MIGHT just inspire you to be a bit brave too… And today, well this […]
Yesterday I finished the first draft of novel 4, let’s call him The Drowning of Arthur Braxton. I told Twitter, I told Facebook, and everyone was amazingly supportive, so many got that it was a big deal for me. You see. Fifteen months ago, I had a conversation with a friend. I’d stopped writing, I […]
After a few final tweaks, I’m thrilled to finally show you the finished front cover of ‘FREAKS!’. Ta da (da-da-da-da)! Now, I know that this front cover is slightly different to any of my other front covers, but that’s because this project is absolutely unlike anything I’ve ever written before. ‘FREAKS!‘ brings together 50 illustrated […]
Gamescom is a huge event with hundreds of gaming companies presenting a mind boggling number of games. As you stroll from huge room to huge room you are bombarded by game after game, after game. However, it’s not long before certain games begin to stand out from the crowd and after a couple of hours […]
My fellow (and most freaky) partner in crime, Mr Perring, has blogged about collaborating and the front cover for ‘FREAKS!’. And me? Well, I’m NOT blogging about that new front cover, mainly because I’m RUBBISH at keeping cover-secrets and want to show you NOW. More, soon, promise. Tweet