Archive for March, 2010

North of the Border

Posted: 31st March 2010 by admin in CHANGELING, Steve Feasey, The Scottish Book Trust
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I had an amazing time in Scotland last week with the Scottish Book Trust. It was the first time I’d met Jasmine and co. and I couldn’t have asked for a more enthusiastic bunch to help in promoting my book events to Scottish students.It was a whistlestop tour, but I managed to pack quite a lot into [...]

Go to your room!

Posted: 19th March 2010 by admin in CHANGELING, Changeling: Blood Wolf, Steve Feasey, Thoughts on Writing, Writing
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It occurred to me the other day that writing books is like bringing up children. All of them require time and effort and hard work. They infuriate and delight in equal measure. They have their own character traits which make the job of nurturing them, and finally unleashing them into the world, all the more [...]

Grrrr

Posted: 16th March 2010 by admin in Uncategorized
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Bologna Book Fair starts next week, and lots of people I know are going.I’m not. Poo.

Congratulations to Vanessa Curtis

Posted: 16th March 2010 by admin in Vanessa Curtis, Zelah Green
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My friend, Vanessa Curtis, has won the Manchester Book Award, beating off stiff competition from the likes of Sophie McKenzie, Chris Wooding and Sally Nicholls. When I asked Ness about the award, she was extremely reluctant to blow her own trumpet, and played down the whole affair in her usual charming and demure way. I think she [...]

You do voodoo? Me do? No, you do?

Posted: 6th March 2010 by admin in CHANGELING, Steve Feasey, Thoughts on Writing, Writing, writing rituals
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‘Of all the fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.” – Hilaire Belloc. People ask writers the strangest questions: What do you like to eat when you’re writing? Which music do you have playing? Do you have a routine that you go about before committing words to paper (or screen [...]

Visit to Papplewick School

Posted: 1st March 2010 by admin in CHANGELING, school visits, Steve Feasey
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I really enjoy school visits. I love the honesty of teenagers – they really tell you what they think of your books. And I love the enthusiasm that students show when you engage them in talking about things that they enjoy. The questions during the Q&A sessions are often weird and wonderful too, and that really keeps you [...]