Fletcher Moss, winner of the 2012 Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction competition for his stunning novel, The Poison Boy, (check out his excellent blog at http://www.sleepwellandfly.blogspot.co.uk) has tagged me on this blog chain, which allows me to talk about my fabulous self for seven whole paras. 1. I have a very complicated family life, including…
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The Chocolate Book Challenge
On this week’s blog chain we’re comparing our favourite books to our (or, at least, my) favourite foodstuff. This is an analogy that can only be stretched so far (I like my chocolate scary, with supernatural elements and er hazelnuts), but here goes: Dark Chocolate Good for you but occasionally bitter and not always…
Blog Chain – Dusty Hangars and Idea Graveyards
My pal, Fletcher Moss, winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2012 for his debut, ‘The Poison Boy’, has tagged me on a Blog Chain. I have to answer four questions and then pass them on to the next in the chain. Fletcher’s answers are here (http://sleepwellandfly.blogspot.co.uk) and I’ll be tagging CJ Flood, author of…
10th Anniversary Derbyshire Bookbash
I’d been somewhat nervous about attending the Derbyshire Bookbash. To the extent that when my son complained he was a bit hot at a fete the previous day I decided it must be heat stroke and I’d be totally irresponsible to leave him. Needless to say I was encouraged to go (the moment I boarded…