As some children may be aware, it is Halloween. On Saturday night, Weird-Wide News received reports of ghosts, ghouls, zombies, vampires and other vile creatures stalking the streets of Ireland. Some fairies and princesses were spotted too, though they may not have lasted too long out in that chaos, magic wands or no magic wands. Houses need protection on…
Despite not having any events since my two laddish sessions in Lucan library last week, I’ve still been struggling to catch up on work. The car’s had to go in for some major work. Thanks to the trucks serving the M3 roadworks, the mutant pot-holes they cause along the back-roads in Meath have torn up no less than five…
It is the mission of the Weird-Wide News to protect the country – and young readers – from strange and supernatural threats. I will be using my network of contacts across the country to keep a watch out for news of anything out-of-the-ordinary. Not long ago, Old Mother Klepto was spotted hanging from a ceiling in Gortjordan school in…
How we’re living with technology, and how it’s evolving instead of us.
My article on life on planet Con is now online on the Sci-Fi London website, along with an interview with literary editor Robert Grant. Sci-Fi London is the UK’s biggest annual genre film festival, and there are also loads of features on this excellent site for genre fans, with no shortage of articles, interviews and other bits and pieces….
Bought a new phone today – I won’t say which one – and for the first time, I changed from a pay-as-you-go phone to a tariff system. The type and level of information they demanded from me, in order to register, was unreal. My wife and I had to supply less information to register the birth of our child….
A workshop in Dingle, sessions in Tipperary, events for next week, where my work is at, and a little bit about something very boring but very important.
Digital publishing, libraries as cool places to hang out and a dash of Mills & Boon.
Looking back over a week that marked the beginning of my silly season – exposing my books to the public once more.
The novel I’ve just finished writing, the project I can’t talk about, the new Mad Grandad, the book I’ve just had published and the first Mini Myster-Ebook.