• Say what, now?!?

    09 September 2019

    A fan of my Demonata books recently queried the pronunciation of Grubbs Grady's real first name -- Grubitsh. She had been pronouncing it Grub-its for year, had been challenged over it by a friend,...

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  • Summer holidays

    08 September 2019

    The Shan clan decamped to Mallorca for ten days last month, on our summer vacation. We stayed in a very nice hotel with its own water park, because we thought Dante would love the slides, although...

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  • King Scrafty’s dragon

    07 September 2019

    A fan called King Scrafty decided to do a drawing of one of the dragons that feature in my vampire novels. (If you're reading the series for the first time, and haven't got to the bits about...

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  • Top friend

    06 September 2019

    I spotted this on Twitter recently.

     

    We all know that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

     

    But a friend who can present you with a bracelet like this is top drawer!!!

     

     

    If you can't...

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  • Stained glass hero

    05 September 2019

    I stumbled upon this stunning visualization of Mr Crepsley online a while ago, and it's a depiction of him that I don't recall ever seeing the like of before -- done as an illustration on a stained...

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  • Hello, Iran!

    04 September 2019

    Iran has been a problem for me for many, many years.

     

    I've no political axe to grind, and absolutely nothing bad to say about Iranians in general.

     

    It's the publishers.

     

    I think almost all...

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