Drawings of Darren and Steve
15 January 2022Darren Shan and Steve Leopard... best of friends... most bitter of enemies.
I always saw them as two sides of the same coin. They're both to some extent projected images of myself, examples of...
An editor’s tears
14 January 2022I sent Volume 3 (the final volume) of my Archibald Lox series to my editor, Zoe, at the start of this month. Although I'll be breaking it down to release as three short books, I wrote the story arc...
Kilnhurst & Co.
13 January 2022I did my first online schools event of 2022 on Monday, with a load of students from Kilnhurst Primary School, Swinton Queen Primary School, and a couple of others in the South Yorkshire region of...
Freaky YouTube reviews
12 January 2022I always like it when fans review my books via the medium of video, through a site like YouTube. Written reviews tend to more concisely and carefully represent the writer's thoughts, but there's a...
Tattoo Tuesday, Spanish-style!
11 January 2022It's another Tattoo Tuesday in Shanville, but this one is both an old familiar AND a Tattoo Tuesday first!!
This particular tattoo was shared with me by a fan of my books called Enke, who lives...
Mr Crepsley’s birthday is WHEN?!?
10 January 2022The thorny issue of Mr Crepsley's BIRTHDAY raised its head on Twitter last week!!
A fan with the user handle @1Larten posted a screenshot from a Darren Shan fandom site, listing his birth date...