Once again, it’s cake time. Thanks to some lovely friends in Oxford and the wonderful staff of Blackwell’s bookshop, we were able to enjoy another round of cupcakes, Joshua cake and a glass of fizzy pink wine.
Scholastic Children’s Books were on hand with shiny new Joshua Files enamel badges and glow-in-the-dark wristbands for all, as [...]
Yes indeed, today is officially the publication day of Joshua Files #3, ZERO MOMENT.
To celebrate, I’m holding My Big Fat Zero Moment Contest for Joshua fans over at themgharris.com.
How well do you know The Joshua Files? One reader will win the exclusive prize of Joshua Files books and goodies like enamel badges, neon wristbands, [...]
Up In The Air (I’ve Been There)
Originally uploaded by mgharris
There’s a lovely Clooney movie out just now, "Up In The Air" which features a key scene in Detroit Airport (also the airport destination of the latest Al Qaeda nutso, the Underpants Bomber.) Now who’da thought that an airport that I had never visited in years [...]
Read the whole item » No Comments »Two weeks to go until ZERO MOMENT is officially published.
Except that, as several readers have already pointed out to me, ZERO MOMENT is now being sold on Amazon.co.uk, Tesco, and Waterstones (in the stores too). Some readers have already bought it, read it and sent me lovely comments - thank you!
(Would be nice if you [...]
I’m not trying to make anyone feel jealous. I just want a nice image to look at.
I usually try to avoid going on holiday to hot countries whilst it’s miserable and cold at home - inevitably you return home to spend three weeks going around looking at the grey drabness in disbelief and thinking ‘Why [...]
Delivery Cupcakes for Joshua Files 4
You can tinker with a manuscript forever, but eventually you have to let go, let that first person read it. In my case it’s my husband and then my editor. And so far, for a good 9 months after I’ve delivered the ms, no-one else.
It’s kind of nice, actually. As [...]
Cake Frenzy in the Birthday Week
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It’s a week of birthdays in my brother’s family. Michael, his wife and twin children all have birthdays in the last week of August.
And me too!
It’s been a week of cake. If you read this blog you’ll know how fond I am of me cake.
I type this [...]
Did you enter the contests to win an advance copy of ZERO MOMENT at themgharris.com or the Joshua Files FaceBook group? Watch the video above to see if you won…
Winners will receive an email/FaceBook message from me soon to ask for a posting address.
For everyone else, Feb 1st isn’t too far away! Meanwhile, I hope [...]
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