I’ve spoken to a lot of reluctant readers at schools across the world over the years, at festivals, book days, comic conventions and countless other places, where I’ve had the opportunity to convince children to ‘change the channel’ and give books another chance. But last week I found myself out of my ‘comfort zone’, in Jane Austen’s one time kitchen in

So. 2012 is finally ending, and the newborn 2013 is already starting to make it’s way around the world as I write this, my summary of the year. A year where I began at my lowest ebb and slowly clawed my way back up. Well, that might be a little melodramatic - after all, I wasn’t ending the year at the

I’ve known both Phil Ford and Russell T. Davies for several years now, pretty much since Doctor Who was revamped eight years ago, and over the years and conventions Phil’s become one of my closest industry friends, so ever since Wizards Vs Aliens was first mentioned to me at an LA convention, I’ve been looking forward to it. And last

I’m a full time, professional writer. Which not only means that I write a lot, but more importantly that someone actually pays me to do this. Someone willingly reaches into their own pocket, pulls out their wallet and gives me money for the thing that I am writing. Which is nice, I’ll admit. Okay, it’s more a company accounting department

So yes, we can’t mention much at this moment, but Danger Academy, the book by Dan and myself, with colours by Ciaran Lucas, published by Kickstart Entertainment is being developed into a cartoon series for US television. Not much to say at the moment, apart from the fact that yes, we’re all overjoyed and Dan’s doing designs right now and I’m already working out