Phoenix

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Thank you very much for your comment! I love it when I read a book and then continue thinking about it long after I've finished it, so it really means a lot to hear that you're still thinking about Sally Bones. I will definitely do a third Varjak book one day - I wrote a bit about my idea for it here. I ADORE you're books especially PHOENIX, TYGER sounds great and believe me, I'm gonna get it as soon as it comes out !!! I think PHOENIX is your best book because it makes you feel sad, happy, doubtful and loads more emotions and I believe a book should make you feel that way! Thanks for your message. I've been talking with the school about visiting again, so I hope it will happen this year – I really enjoyed visiting last year! I hope you enjoy Varjak Paw too. And please give my best to Lexi and everyone at Whitworth – it was a real pleasure visiting your school and meeting you all! My stories always change a lot over the course of the writing, and as I'm only on the 3rd draft, I can't say much about it yet! All I can say at this point is that it's a kind of science fiction/fantasy story; and the title TYGER takes its inspiration from the William Blake poem.

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i like your book Phoenix it is really exiting and good i like the part when Bixa blasted her needels to the enemies your book is the best it is epic I think you've got some great teachers in your school who can help you become even better at writing. And I've done a series of writing tips on this blog– I hope some of them will be useful. I can still remember how I pictured Varjak and his surroundings in my mind's eye, even so vividly to this day. To me, it was so much more than a story about a cat that did martial arts, and still is. So, thank you for inspiring me, and I'm sure many more kids just like me! My name is Nell. My classmates and I would like to ask you a question. Who inspired you to become a writer? We really liked your Varjak Paw books when we read them in class because they were adventurous and sometimes spooky. We hope you continue to write more Varjak Paw books.Thank you so much for your wonderful comment! I've now been working on the TYGER project for 7 years, and I really do believe it's the best thing I've written so far. I hope it will be finished this year, but it takes as long as it takes to make a book as good as you can make it! Thank you, that is an amazing thing for a writer to be told. My readers are my inspiration, so thank you for leaving me such a wonderful comment! Hello! Thank you so much for your kind comment - I have great memories of visiting Newton Aycliffe. I'm really glad to hear you're still enjoying Phoenix, and it's great to hear you've been writing! Perhaps the best thing would be if you could pass your writing on to Mrs. Laing or one of your other teachers, and then they could forward it to me. As they entered the Free Cats’ territory Miss Moggs crying her eyes out. She said, “Sor has kidnapped all the Free Cats! I could not bear to come.

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Thank you for saying that Tyger sounds great and that you'd like to read it - that means a lot! I honestly don't know when it will be ready to publish, but my agent wants to see something this summer, so hopefully it won't be too much longer. And yes, William Blake's Tyger poem is one of the inspirations. I can't say too much about it, but I did write a blog post about Blake which might have a couple of hints - this is the link if you want to read it. While waiting to be discovered as a writer SF spent 6 years in Middle East Politics, writing for the Crown Prince of Jordan. Following this he went to Cambridge University to do a PhD in Criminology. During his degree SF started writing articles about books and films which won him national journalism prizes. He now writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph and has interviewed the likes of Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson, Quentin Blake and William Nicholson. His success as a journalist led him into judging the Whitbread Children’s Book Award and programming for the Edinburgh Film Festival. Thank you so much, Ellis - that's very kind! I hope you enjoy Phoenix - please let me know what you think when you've had a chance to read it!Thank you so much for this amazing comment - it really means a huge amount to me to hear reactions like this to Phoenix. I'm so glad that you and your class are enjoying it, and that it's even helping you with your own writing! Thank you so much for your comment! I'm looking forward to visiting your school and meeting you all –and I love signing books! Which one of mine is your favourite? Thank you for sharing your writing journey. I know it will be worth waiting for Tyger and, as you said before once, it's about writing the book that you want to read. I really enjoyed reading the Varjak Paw books, but Phoenix was on a whole new level - I read it on one day because I couldn't bear to put it down! So I'm looking forward to Tyger - whenever it finally arrives! Hi there, and thank you so much for the kind words about Phoenix! Who were your favourite characters in the book?