• Books, Films & Random Lunacy

    26 February 2020

    Just as readers have favourite authors, I think authors who read their reviews tend to have favourite reviewers too. I'm not talking about favouring those who always give you a glowing review --...

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  • Shanentine’s Day

    25 February 2020

    Valentine's Day has come and gone, so I'm either a couple of weeks late with these, or 50 weeks early for next year's day of love! :-)

    These were drawn by Amity Lee, for those fans of my Cirque Du...

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  • Hedwig and the Angry Freak!

    24 February 2020

    I get Google alerts any time Cirque Du Freak is mentioned in a news story, and I got one recently concerning an upcoming run of the musical Hedwig And The Angry Inch in Pennsylvania in the USA.

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  • Toast and Crows

    23 February 2020

    As I do most Sundays, I'm sharing some Shan family snaps, and this week I'm featuring my daughter Gaia.

     

    The first photo was taken a few weeks back, before she had properly started walking but...

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  • Gacha Life?!?

    22 February 2020

    I must be honest -- I'd never heard of Gacha Life before a fan called Sam shared this drawing with me a while back. I don't really play video games, and know next to nothing about them. But...

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  • Pronunciation denunciation!

    21 February 2020

    I've had a few enquiries/comments over the last few weeks about the pronunciations of certain character names in my books. The latest was on Twitter, where a follower was watching an old interview...

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