I’m a cover girl! Okay, so perhaps girl is pushing it slightly, but if you happen to buy issue #143 of Writers’ Forum, you’ll see me on the front cover. I was interviewed by the fabulous Helen M Hunt and that covers a double page inside. It’s called ‘Let your novel find its voice ‘ […]
So I am now, officially, a camper. And can I just take a moment to praise the gods and the weather wizard for the glorious sunshine that Latitude Festival experienced. At first I wasn’t sure if my bronzed skin was a layer of grime or a tan, but I can now assure you that it […]
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‘Caroline Smailes and Will Self are arch-experimentalists.’ I like that. Tweet
A little something from my private collection - a gift from my fabulous friend (and illustrator of ‘Freaks!‘), Darren Craske: Tweet
Kapow! Comic Convention hosted a perfect atmosphere, bursting with laughter, smiles and people striking superhero stances at every corner. Joe Quesada, an audience with Warren Ellis, exclusive footage from Storage 24, Nick Frost, comics, merchandise, more comics… imagine if Willy Wonka did comics, yes, that! I walked around, I sat outside, I asked one guy […]
Yesterday I travelled down to HarperCollins, to be filmed and interviewed by Reuters. The fact that I was filmed and interviewed by Reuters is slightly mind-blowing and comes one week before the publication of ’99 Reasons Why’ (pre-publication nerves are growing!). Those who know me will have guessed how terrified I was travelling down, but […]
In the last 4 days my blog hits and visits have soared. People have visited from all over the world. And in those 4 days this media coverage has occurred: Print article in The Independent, which starts with “A new digital novel will overturn centuries of literary tradition by allowing readers to choose how they […]
Oh, we do have a love of all things Horrid in this house. And the beauty with Horrid Henry books are that you know exactly what you’re going to get with each and every story - high quality writing, fun story lines and never a moment of disappointment. And, yet again, Francesca Simon has delivered […]
I’ve been writing, which means that I haven’t been reading or blogging or being very sociable, but I sort of think that’s how it should be every now and then. As many of you know I’m collaborating with others in lots of different ways at the moment, two of the projects reaching an end and […]