Choices
Usually when I plot a story I try to reduce every decision to an either/or. If you’re writing a story or working out what should happen next in a story-plan and you think you’re stuck, you can always...
View ArticleThe View From Inside
I’m still inside a monster. The internet connection in here is pretty unreliable, so I hope this works…
View ArticleFudge! Chocolate! Libraries!
Well, the tennis maestro was true to his word and this morning I received a box full of fudge and chocolate in the post – a reward for picking a more successful fantasy tennis team than him. Is it...
View ArticleHoliday Time
I was wondering whether any of you write while you’re on holiday. I don’t just mean my fellow cave-dwellers, but blog readers too. If you’re into writing and coming up with stories, do you take a...
View ArticleConflict, Structure, Character, Setting – In That Order
I was at Epsom College today, allowed out of the cave for my final school event of 2009. While being dragged back to the cave by my ankles by the monster I know simply as ‘Miss Angelina’, I was mulling...
View ArticleJimmy Coates Invades Your Classroom
What are all these tiny people doing running about the streets in matching uniforms? What’s that? Schools? Term time? How very confusing for all of us. Well, if it’s term time again I suppose that...
View ArticleFans Make Great Movies
The talent of my fans is inspiring. This just turned up on youtube and I love it. It really captures the spirit of my books.
View ArticleWords about death, punctuation, characters and problems
[The excellent blog at www.yacontemporary.com allowed me to do a guest post a few weeks ago. This is an updated/amended/edited version of my piece for them.] The new Jimmy Coates book (Jimmy Coates:...
View ArticleJimmy Coates: Blackout – exclusive video
It’s finally here. The best book I’ve written (I’m sure of it) and certainly the one that’s taken longest to get out there into readers’ hands. I’m incredibly excited (and a little nervous) that the...
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