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The Game Is Afoot...

Administrator — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:52:05 +0100

So I've not been around much, mainly as we had a) a garage bill problems and b) a wedding venue problem. But this seems to be fuelling the good Karma, because we have news about Harker that should be able to be talked about soon, and more importantly Dan and I got the go ahead for the SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS series of books for Franklin Watts / EDGE.

No time to talk now, so for more information, go to www.thebakerstreetirregulars.com...

MCM Expo...

Administrator — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:39:09 +0100

Just a reminder that I will be at the MCM Expo this coming weekend with the erstwhile master Boultwood by my side. I shall have copies of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: The Graphic Novel and Doctor Who issues galore!

So if you are around, come to the Comic Village and say hi!

Eagle Awards...

Administrator — Tue, 25 May 2010 08:15:49 +0100

So this weekend at the Bristol Comic Expo, the 2010 Eagle Award Nominations were announced. These are the nominations from 2009 that have been voted for over the last few months, with the highest five for each category going on to the final 'Voting Process'. And this year I've been honoured to find several of my books be nominated, as well as a surprise 'Favourite Writer' nomiRead More...

Top Of The World, Ma...

Administrator — Sat, 15 May 2010 08:20:05 +0100

There are a few things in a writer's life that mean something, something more than just a simple 'well done'. Usually they are in the form of awards and lists, things to be on that cause happiness, things that if you're on the top of, you have even more happiness. As a writer working in the trenches of the industry these lists and awards are often way above my pay grRead More...

Signings... Signings...

Administrator — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:38:40 +0100

It's May, and my months locked away in my study are finally coming to an end with some UK signings and appearances over the next few weeks at conventions and stores in Bristol, Birmingham and London, you lucky things.

In two weeks we have the Bristol Comic Expo where I shall have allocated signing times on both days in the main autograph area. I'll most likely be signing huge piles of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: The GN or dodgy obtained coRead More...

Studio Tour, 2010...

Administrator — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:06:43 +0100

So this weekend I mentioned that I had a new desk and my office / study / studio / call it what you will was pretty much sorted. And a few people twittered me saying that I should take photos. And this reminded me of back in 2006 when I did a Studio Tour for Jonah Weiland and Comic Book Resources. Of course, that was four years ago and things have changed - for a start the one Read More...

The Joys Of Text...

Administrator — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:29:42 +0100

I've been a little rubbish recently on the posting side, but I've decided, especially after the most recent release of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: The GN to try harder. And of course I'm learning how to do this from an iPhone. So you have been warned.

Hopefully this will have posted, or you won't have been warned, of course...

Hurricane Who 2010: PLEASE READ

Administrator — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:27:30 +0100

Dear All, last year's Hurricane Who convention in Florida was one of the highlights of my convention year, and I was more than happy to agree to return for the 2010 convention in October. I class Jarrod Cooper, the convention organiser as a friend and was very much looking forwards to it.

However over the last few weeks there have been unsettling developments coming to light, of guests from the 2009 convention still not being paid, of debts bRead More...

On The Road, Sat At Home - How The Writing's Changed...

Administrator — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:04:06 +0100

I've had a few people ask me recently how I write, and resisting the urge to reply 'with crayons, a claw hammer and the screams of virgins', I actually had to think about this one - because as the years progress, I've changed the way I work on an almost yearly basis. I've gone forwards and backwards between technology and 'old school' techniques, and I realised that it might be a little fun to see how I've changed since the early days.

Now, first of allRead More...

"Basically... Run."

Administrator — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:42:00 +0100

I'm a massive fan of Doctor Who. I have been all my life. When I was ten, I used to make my own Doctor Who fanzine called 'K9' by re-typing up articles of Doctor Who from papers and putting it all together on a sheet of A4 which I then photocopied for my readers. Who were pretty much my Mum and a couple of loyal friends. And of cRead More...

Dodge & Twist & April Fool Worries...

Administrator — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:40:52 +0100

You always distrust information given to you on April Fools Day. And with the US waking up pretty much after the 12pm deadline in the UK, the day is one big April Fool. And I'm pretty good at not being fooled in the most cases, but today I had a serious wibble over something - and it wasn't a prank.

As most of you know, I've written a YA novel that's currently doing the rounds, currently called called Dodge & Twist. It's Oliver Twist and The ArRead More...

"A Golden Day"...

Administrator — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:31:10 +0100

It's no secret that I'm a fan of Victorian literature - after all, I've written a graphic novel sequel to Dracula, and Dodge & Twist is pretty much Oliver Twist, twelve years on. But only after I started seeing Tracy did I truly embrace it, joining the Dracula Society and, a week ago, finally listening to Leslie Klinger and my friends Colin and Jenny - and becoRead More...

More awards for Outlaw: The legend Of Robin Hood...

Administrator — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:05:24 +0100

I discovered this week that Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood has been announced as a finalist for the third annual Children's Choice Book Awards to be held live in New York on May 11th. These awards really mean something as well, as they're voted for by the very children who read the books, and no amount of PR in the world can tell a child what they do or do not like. We're nominated under the 'Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book Of The Year' category, and to be honRead More...

Braainnss...

Administrator — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:46:50 +0100

Thank God I can finally show it. Do you know how hard it has been not putting this cover online? I should never be allowed to see things before they come out, because they fill me with fanboy glee. But luckily, the wonderful, beautiful, witty and erudite Whitney Matherson (and if you don't reader her Pop Candy blog for USA Today then you're an iRead More...

LA - The City Of Time Lords...

Administrator — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:42:19 +0100

It's always a rush when you get home from a trip, but this last week was even more so, even though I didn't do as much as I had in previous trips, like India etc. etc. But for those who missed it, I've been away from the PC for a while as for the last seven days (well, seven days until Monday) I was in Los Angeles, the city of Angels.Read More...

Good Brainworms...

Administrator — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:21:29 +0100

I know, I know - I've been a bit lax in my posts recently, but this has mainly been because I've been writing my arse off and getting ready for Gallifrey One / my LA trip which is in only a week now. And a lot of the pre-planning that goes into the work beforehand, including the brainstorming of the ideas that I'll be pitching while I'm there in Hollywood. Ideas, positive brainworms that have crawled screaming from the fertile minds of both myself and Daniel BoultwooRead More...

The Shoot - Coming to LA!

Administrator — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:21:09 +0100

A couple of years ago, actually closer to three now, I sat with a director friend, Mark Corden and bemoaned the fact that we should work together. Mark agreed. There was a lot of tequila involved. And a couple of other friends who egged us on. Six months later, I had written my first ever screenplay - a short film called 'The Shoot'. Three people, one terrible mistake, one act of revenge. I was committed to the cause, and from there we were busy with finding funding, creRead More...

Another Win For Robin Hood...

Administrator — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:03:10 +0100

I'm very honoured, as I've just been informed by celebrity chum Alan J Porter that Outlaw: the Legend Of Robin Hood has just been announced as one of The American Library Association's (through the Young Adult Library Services Association's) annual list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Nominated as one of approx. 130 titles and eventuRead More...

A Change Of Pace And Scene...

Administrator — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:39:06 +0100

So today I sit at my desk and letter pages of two comics - well, Graphic Novels, really - The Phone Goes Dead, for Hachette Children's Books, an adaptation of an Anthony Horowitz book, drawn by Dan Boultwood - and the final pages of The Gloom, for Arcana Publishing. again, drawn by Dan Boultwood.

I've done a lot over the years with Dan, The Gloom, Hope Falls, The Prince Of Baghdad - the list goes on and, letting his latest work against some of his olderRead More...

That Was The Year That Was...

Administrator — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:16:44 +0100

And so the decade ends in eight hours (well, for us on GMT, anyway) and we leave the naughties and enter the teens or something like that. I don't mind. Because 2010 already promises to be a fun and interesting year. I started 2009 with high hopes, and high results were what I received, in spades. It was the busiest and most financially beneficial year I've had to date, and I for one would like to see this trend continue. I started 2009 with deadlines, and I end them with themRead More...