Archive for October, 2007
WAITING FOR SNAKEHEAD (AND GOING MAD IN AMERICA)
As usual, it’s been far too long since I last posted but I’ve had a weird summer, even by my standards. I started writing this in a hotel in Los Angeles – the third time I’d been here in as many months. I’m finishing it a week later in Wiltshire (about to leave to talk at the Bath festival…is there any town in England now that doesn’t have a literary festival? Still, it should be fun).
First things first. SNAKEHEAD. Just after I got back to England, there was a familiar thump at the front door as a large, heavy package arrived from Walker Books. It was the finished book! I know I’ve been writing for years and years but the excitement is still the same when the actual book arrives and this one looks amazing. 399 pages in total, making it the longest yet. SNAKEHEAD has got a fantastic cover – silver snake skin with a green snake’s head. It’s also the first Alex book to arrive in hard cover.
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