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I had a great first day at North Durham Academy yesterday. I’m Patron of Reading there for the next year and was looking forward to meeting the pupils who I’ll be working with. As well as an assembly talk and a library meet & greet I did a creative writing session for the Gifted &…
I’m thrilled to let you know I’ve been appointed as the Patron of Reading for North Durham Academy in Stanley, County Durham. What is a Patron of Reading? A Patron of Reading (PoR) is a school’s special, designated children’s author with whom the school forms a personal attachment. The patron might be a writer…
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…
Years have a funny way of creeping up on us, don’t they? We think we know exactly where they are then some time around August they hide behind our backs, jump out and whack us in the face with a fist full of December. BAM! The year’s out. Done and dusted. And all those ambitions…
2013 was my first year as a proper published author, and what a strange, exciting, terrifying, anxious, fun year it’s been! I think Charles Dickens was onto something with his opening line from A Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom,…
It’s getting close now! Really close! Just 40 Earth days till the 3rd of January and the publication of Sorrowline. But the truth is it’s been published already! On the 13th of November, somewhere in a factory unit in Croydon the presses rolled on the first edition of Sorrowline. Right now I imagine there are…
60 days isn’t long, is it? Less than two months till Sorrowline is out there! A lot has happened in the last few weeks. First up I’ve just signed off on the last round of copy edits to the Sorrowline text, so its finally done. Its a odd feeling, having stepped away from it after…
Sorrowline has been on its travels, to the Frankfurt Book Fair no less. Billed as the world’s largest book fair its the place to be for agents and publishers to sign new books. Its not really a place for authors, its all about the business! My literary agent, Juliet Mushens was there with Rachel Mills,…