Getting Serious about Martial Arts?

Well, I took my final club level grading at Tae Kwon Do last night. The examiner was Master Don Atkins, Eighth Dan Black Belt and National Secretary of the TAGB (Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain). Scary! My next exam will be in the Autumn when I will attempt to gain […]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

I’ve now read the first two of the Percy Jackson stories and they are fantastic. Fast paced. Great ideas. Wonderful monsters. I’m hoping the first film will live up to the books, and that this will be one series that will really translate well onto the big screen. The trailer […]

I always knew rabbits were mean …

Writing Discipline.

I’m often asked during school visits, talks and interviews ‘If you could give one tip to those who would like to be writers, what would it be?’. Of course there are many tips I could give, but the one I normally respond with is:
Do a little bit every day. Even if you […]

More Snow! Noooooo!!!

The view out of my front door about 2 minutes ago.

Why is this bad? Because it means the kids are off school. Why is that bad? Because with my aupair away it means I can’t do any writing! Just as I was really getting on with my new book at a […]

Happy New Year Everyone!

What will the New Year bring for you?
For me, a resolution to get fitter (as always!) and to write faster this year. The Devil’s Triangle is already drawing some interest from the film industry (must not get too excited, must not get too excited) and I hope there will be interest from […]

First Darkweaver Translation!

I’m really, really excited to announce that for the very first time The Darkweaver Legacy series will be published by a major publisher - Random House Books in Germany. The books are available for pre-order on amazon.de and have been given covers that remind me very much of David Eddings’ Belgariad series - one […]

Harry Enfield and Chums at the KLQ.

The UK Final of the Kid’s Lit Quiz was held in Oxford this year at the prestigious Oxford Town Hall. Harry Enfield was the guest speaker, which sparked plenty of hilarity alongside the more serious business of finding the best team of readers in the UK. During the interval, Harry and I were […]

Another quiz - and tough competition!

It’s KLQ (Kid’s Lit Quiz) time again. Together with Matt Whyman, Echo Freer and M.G. Harris, I stepped up to take on the youngsters at the London Regional Final yesterday. There were actually eight authors present, the others helping with the marking and scoring. It was a close fought contest that was […]

Testing, testing!

I took a test today and got 100%! I think that’s probably a first for me. Of course, it would have been embarrassing if I hadn’t got full marks as the test was based on the first in my Dragon Orb series. The test was devised by the clever people at Renaissance […]