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How to Find an Illustrator for your Book
Okay, so that’s a title designed to attract attention. But it does refer to a question I often get asked by people writing children’s books. People writing children’s books outside the industry, that...
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Dan and the Caverns of Bone – the cover!
Well, I think I can share this now: the cover for the second Dan adventure in all its creepicolour glory! If it turns out I am being premature, then this post’ll vanish like a puff of ectoplasm on a...
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2013
No, don’t worry – I’m not going to go all old-year-review on you. Neither am I making any impulsive public new year’s resolutions (it’s far too late for that, thank the gods). However, it can’t hurt to...
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Should authors read reviews of their own books?
‘Oh, I never read reviews’, said the writer, his left eye twitching almost imperceptibly. That’s what we’re supposed to say though, isn’t it? It’s almost a cliché of being an artist of any kind. But...
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Words versus pictures
As an author/illustrator, people often ask me if I prefer writing or drawing. I usually reply that they are both very different, and that I just enjoy making the change when I’ve been doing one of...
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The Cat Who Came Back
Our cat, Clovis, has come back (long story) to live with us. Now the power to make viral book trailers is mine! In theory. Now, I know nothing is less interesting than other people’s pets (except...
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Haunters Cover Comparison
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year since my debut novel – Haunters – was published. Now the book is beginning to appear in other countries — some with that distinctive British cover, and some...
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Engn by Simon Kewin – Cover Reveal!
Several years ago I responded to an on-line appeal by the author Simon Kewin for a beta reader. I was looking for critical guidance myself, for an early version of Haunters, so we exchanged texts. I...
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‘Dan and the Caverns of Bone’ is published today!
And that’s a big deal for me, so I hope you’ll join in the hoopla by entering this celebratory Spot-the-Difference competition. Just find the tiny (but hopefully low-res friendly) discrepancy between...
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Dan and the Caverns of Bone — Competition Results
A big thanks to all those who entered my ‘spot-the-difference’ competition. There were fewer entrants than last year, I suspect because the difference was sneakier. Twelve people had the...
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Mysterium – The Black Dragon by Julian Sedgwick
I was pleased to be able to attend the book launch of my good friend Julian Sedwick’s debut children’s novel on Friday, and a jolly fab evening it was too. The children’s department of Heffers in...
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Scarlett Hart
This post is being developed into a dedicated Scarlett Hart page. Please follow the link to see it.
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Scarlett Hart – Character Designs
As promised, here’s the first of a series of posts about sketching my way into my joint venture with Marcus Sedgwick – a comic book called Scarlett Hart. As you can imagine, the most important...
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Scarlett Hart – Dorothy
I don’t like drawing cars — they’re all straight lines and perspective. And symmetry. I really don’t like drawing symmetry. But Scarlett Hart needs a car (christened ‘Dorothy’ by the author, Marcus...
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Scarlett Hart – Napoleon
Like all great heroes, Scarlett Hart has a sidekick, though I’m sure Napoleon himself would eschew such a description (as well as use words like ‘eschew’). This faithful manservant of Scarlett’s father...
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Scarlett Hart – the monsters
It’s time for another sneaky peak into my Scarlett Hart sketchbook, this time looking at a few of the monsters our heroine will have to face. A monster hunter wouldn’t be much without something to...
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Too Many Tickles
I’m delighted to announce that today is the official publication date of my latest picture book, Too Many Tickles. As several people have already pointed out, the book has actually been popping up...
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Dan and the Shard of Ice
With the contract signed and the stars in alignment, I’m delighted to announce that my trenchcoat-wearing teenage psychic detective, Dan, will be back for a third spook-busting instalment sometime next...
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More Scarlett Hart Sketches
It’s been a while since I shared any pictures from my Scarlett Hart sketchbook. I don’t mind admitting that this project is pushing me to the limit of my drawing, though that can only be a good thing....
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Blogging, Slogging and Scarlett Hart
Without in any way meaning too, I have just taken a six month break from blogging. Except, of course, I haven’t really, because I’ve been active all that time on Facebook, Twitter (a bit), and latterly...
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