A transitioning Saga
09 February 2023A Norwegian fan of my books asked the following question over on Twitter: "if you had written the Saga of Darren Shan today, do you think you would have included more trans characters or lgbtq+...
Sci-fi Dash
08 February 2023Today I decided enough was enough. I’ve ploughed through a rough couple of months since my house fire, and dealing with the fallout of that has taken up a lot of my time. But I’m sick of logistics...
24 movie flops
07 February 2023BUZZFEED ran an article last year entitled 24 Blockbuster Movies That Flopped (and Where To Watch Them). A bit of an odd gathering in my opinion, but to be fair, it does contain lots of films I've...
No Shaving zone!
06 February 2023Today was a bank holiday in Ireland (for St Brigid's Day), so my kids were off school. Mrs Shan and I decided to take them swimming, as they both love splashing about and are really strong...
Zero time - part 2
04 February 2023An artistically talented Shanster called ZERO drew a lot of pieces based on the first few books of my Cirque Du Freak series last year. Each one was quite minimalistic, and the same plain shade,...
Getting an agent
03 February 2023Following yesterday's post, in which I talked about vanity publishing versus self-publishing versus traditional publishing, I had a few queries from people wanting to know how to go about getting...