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The Arkship Saga continues with book five, Arkship Prophecy, which is now available to pre-order! Members of the Arkship Saga Facebook page have already seen the cover, but if you’re not a member then you can see it for yourself now! Just click this link! What’s it all about? Well…. As the Church of the …
Want to see how I went about creating the cover for Tobin Artichoke and the Queen of Heaven? Take a look at this short video on YouTube for in insight into the process. And if you want to read the book you can find it here!
This happened today!
Some people love football. They love everything about it! The highs the lows, the… er, goals. People who love the game enthuse about their favourite teams, arrange their entire lives around watching it on the TV, debate it with fellow fans. They’re obsessed, passionate supporters. Then there’s me. Hate is a strong word I rarely …
We all do it! We’re not supposed to but we DO judge books by their covers. If we didn’t then why would publishers spend money commissioning artists and designers to create works of art to represent the book’s contents? It’s the closest books come to having film-style trailers. They’re there to intrigue you, to make …
Not only is Sorrowline being published in the UK, it’ll be out in Germany next month and Thailand soon after. So I’m delighted to be able to share the Thai variant cover with you! It’s by Thai artist Gratuaidong and even features a nod to my Northern Promise Award! I’m sure New Writing North will like …
It might seem like a long time to next March but it’s amazing how far ahead publishers have to work. They need time to promote a new title and sell it in to the shops so even though it’s more than six months away my next book, Timesmith, is finished, copy-edited and typeset. Even the cover …
One thing I’ve learned is that things take a long time in publishing! Way back in September 2011 the German publisher Heyne (part of Random House) bought the German rights to Sorrowline and Timesmith. This was my very first book deal – the UK rights sold a few months later. So you can imagine I’ve …
I have only just heard of the death of author, Sam Youd, known to most as John Christopher. He passed away on February 3rd. When I was a brand new teenager John Christopher’s books were the hot ticket in the school library. His mix of future dystopia, science fiction and boys own adventure made his …