Thursday 26 June 2008

My best work yet!

My wife says that "The Island of Mad Scientists" is the best yet of my Emmaline and Rubberbones books. This may be true - after all, after three books I may be approaching a level of basic competence.

Then again, it may be because there's a tortoiseshell cat in it. A heroic tortie cat.

Wednesday 25 June 2008

The Island of Mad Scientists!

My wife never reads my stuff before it's published. That's fine, as I don't read hers in advance either (and never in the case of her PhD dissertation, fine piece of work that I am certain that it is). But now - since we have ONE copy - she's reading "The Island of Mad Scientists" - and gives it a thumbs up (so far - it may take a sudden lurch towards mediocrity).

There's a seance scene in it that I think is the funniest thing I have yet written.

Tuesday 24 June 2008

I found this blog --

-- and it's mine, dammit!

I just haven't actually done anything with it since, er, a very long time.

The next book, "The Island of Mad Scientists" is out in August. I received the first advance copy and it looks great. It has a map of Britain in it and everything - although it features places that don't actually exist.

I promise to write more from now on.

Well, I could hardly write less!