Earlier this month I met up with Cameron K McEwan, broadcaster, writer, actor and owner of the popular Blogtor Who website. Cameron has written two books about Doctor Who, both of which are well worth buying. I picked up his latest work on a recent visit to London’s Forbidden Planet (£3 off no less!) and …
The Amazing Story Steps – Part II
Regular visitors to my blog might recall my post last year about the Amazing Story Steps at the District CE Primary School in Newton-le-Willows. I’m Patron of Reading there and I’m honoured to be included on their steps. It’s such a simple, clever way to promote reading and I couldn’t wait to see it for myself …
Screaming at the sky
Tomorrow there’s a partial solar eclipse happening over Great Britain! It’s been about sixteen years since I witnessed the last one, but I remember it clearly. (You can see one of the grainy photos I took of it, above.) The oddest thing was the birds falling silent as the sky darkened, as if they were …
The evolving story
Stories can be slippery devils! Sometimes an early spark of an idea can shift, turn and evolve in ways you never expect. That’s how it was with my latest project, currently titled The Death of Goldilocks. It came to me during the winter of 09/10 when we had some very severe temperatures and heavy snowfall. …