Bad Book Bash is a very amusing podcast by comedienne Betsy Speer. In each episode she takes aim at the "worst books in existence...YA paranormal romance novels." I was very nervous when Betsy got...

Lying in bed last night, I found myself thinking, “I’d really love to go to the beach tomorrow!”

So, despite the fact it’s the middle of winter, that’s what the Shans did this morning - we...

Just been to the cinema with my little fella, Dante. We went to see Clifford The Big Red Dog. It was easy going fun - he loved it. Two things of note…

1 - we had the cinema screen all to...

I finished my final "solo" draft of the Volume 3 arc of my Archibald Lox series a couple of days ago. So it's edging ever closer to its end -- this is the final storyline, and as with the others,...

I've drawn the winners of my Christmas competition, and the four lucky Shansters, in the order drawn, are:

Stephanie Nobs, England.

Mina Palencia, Philippines.

Brian Dunne, Ireland.

Celina...

I'm running my final COMPETITION of the year over in the December issue of my online monthly newsletter, and the final day to enter is... TODAY!!! I'll be shutting it off to entries at 11:59pm UK...