Two weeks in the life of Gamebook Adventures

Tin Man Games have recently posted on their blog about their experiences of producing brand new gamebooks for the iPod generation.

It's certainly an exciting time and these guys are true trailblazers. They're not just re-packaging already published books - every adventure is brand new, especially written with the capabilities of the iDevice in mind.

I'll keep posting news about developments in Gamebook Adventures and you can read more for yourself here.

Pax Britannia Lego

Anyone considering entering the Anno Frankenstein competition I'm currently running should check these out.






Congratulations to Sparshott and Son! Ladies and gentlemen, the gauntlet has been well and truly thrown down! They're going to be a tough act to follow!


Good luck!

Pax Britannia: Dark Side

Pre-order your copy today!

33 Author Event

For anyone who might be in the area, on Tuesday 5 October, at 6.30pm, I shall be one of the authors reading extracts from their short stories, published in 33, at Richmond Library. Also appearing will be Patrick Binding, Susannah Rickards and publisher Bobby Nayyar.

From 4–7 October, fourteen of the 33 authors will be reading at events in Westminster, Richmond, Islington and Hammersmith. This includes some rising stars such as Nikesh Shukla and Tena Stivicic and some more established names such as Debi Alper and Daisy Goodwin.

The readings form one of the highlights of the Mayor's Story of London Festival, which features more than 100 events across the capital and runs from 1-10 October.

Here's Bobby, Publisher of Glasshouse Books, to tell you a little more:

‘The aim of the Story of London festival is to celebrate London’s past, present and future. This is precisely what we set out to achieve in 33. Each story has brought something new to our understanding of this great city.’

So, maybe I'll see you next Tuesday...

Another day, another franchise tie-in

It's the beginning of a brand new writing week and I've got a brand new project to get cracking on.

The Pirates of the Carribean soundtrack is on the iPod, as is King Kong, and so to work...

Dark Side - the movie trailer

With the pressure of actually having to finish the book off me, I've had time to indulge in a little movie magic and have come up with this...



You can order your copy of Pax Britannia: Dark Side right here!

33 West

Out now from Glasshouse Books is 33 East and 33 West. These two volumes form one short story anthology about London. London is made up of 33 boroughs (did you know that?) and each one has its own short story in either 33 West or 33 East - you get the idea...

I'll let the publisher, Bobby Nayyar, explain...


BOOKS / 33 East and West

33 Boroughs, 33 New Shorts, 1 London

Can you name all 33 London boroughs? No, neither could we. 33 pushes the short story genre to new territory by giving 33 writers new, established and up and coming the opportunity to write a story set in their borough. From Bexley to Barnet, Havering to Hounslow.

This is no small achievement. This is London.

I contributed something a little different to 33 West for the London borough of Richmond. Part love story, part [CENSORED - I don't want to spoil the surprise!] and its all told via Twitter, the way we communicate today.

You can get hold of your copy of 33 West (or 33 East) here.