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Tag Archives: books
2024 Week 30: You’ve got (more) mail.
I mentioned in a recent post that I’d had surprising emails from a German school in Mexico and a French school in Vanuatu. In both cases their students were reading Don’t Call Me Ishmael. Since then I’ve had more writing … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Don't Call Me Ishmael, education, International Youth Library, Internationale Jugendbibliothek, Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, Max Fatchen, Reading, Rodney Forgets It!, Rodney Loses It!, teaching, The Running Man, White Ravens Festival, Writing
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2024 Week 19: Question and (ridiculous) Answer session.
Over the 20 years (Yikes!) since my first book The Running Man was published I’ve answered quite a lot of interview questions about my stories and writing and about myself. So I thought I’d look back and just pick out … Continue reading
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Tagged books, creative-writing, fiction, Humour, Interview questions, The Running Man, Writing, Writing space, Writing tips
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2024 Week 18: Would a ‘me’ by any other name smell just as sweet?
In the last blog I looked back 20 years to when my writing career began with the publication of The Running Man and talked about the creation of my first book cover. This week I thought I’d look back 20 … Continue reading
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Tagged Author name, books, fiction, Gerard Manly Hopkins, Just a Dog, MGB, Spring and Fall, The Running Man, The Windhover
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2024 Week 16: Where do I begin …
One of the most common questions writers get asked is ‘Where do you get your story ideas from?’ The truth is, they can come from anywhere. And for me at least, they’re often quite small things that grow and evolve … Continue reading

















