http://www.markwalden.net/blog Mark Walden's Blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:13:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I just got back from holiday and I'm cracking back on with the seventh book.  I'm going with the provisional title of "Otto Malpense and the Penguins of Doom".  You know, looking at it now that might not be such a good idea after all..... Zero Hour has started to hit the ... http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?p=292 I hope you don't mind me quoting Hubert J. Farnsworth in honour of the triumphant return of Futurama but I have some good news for HIVE fans on the other side of the water. http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Velocity-Mark-Walden/dp/1442413670/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1278582581&sr=1-1 For those who can't access that link, Escape Velocity will finally be released in America on April ... http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?p=289 As some of you guys may know today is a general election in the UK.  I went to the polling booth and was very disappointed to find that there was no GLOVE candidate standing in my constituency.  Fortunately there were plenty of other evil people to choose from... I'm gearing up ... http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?p=287 I have escaped the cupboard under the stairs!  The manuscript for Zero Hour has been sent to my editor who only had to apply a couple of mild tazings to get me to finish it.  I'm currently going through my usual deadline enforced e-mail backlog and apologies to anyone who's still awaiting ... http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?p=285 Just got back from Australia where I had a great time attending the Perth literary festival. Very, very hot there, at least in comparison to what I'm used to.  Forty two degrees is a little more than my fragile Northern European constitution is designed to withstand.  I'd like to say ... http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?p=279 Hi Guys Just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and to let you know that I've put up a little Christmas present for you all.  It's a (very) short story that I wrote for Puffin Post magazine a few months ago that details a little bit of HIVE's lost ... http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?p=272 Just a quick post to wish all visitors of the blog a merry Christmas and to post some fabulous character art that I've been sent by a fan of the books.  She'd like to remain anonymous but if you want to contact her to tell her how brilliant you think ... http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?p=248 At last I have been freed from the cupboard under the stairs now that Rogue is finished.   Just the editing to do now!  Let's hope that there are plenty of spare commas in my editor's desk drawer...... I've also been really busy with a series of school visits all around ... http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?p=216 Here you go!  Hope you all like it. http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?p=208 A couple of things to mention that I thought you guys might be interested in. First off, the lovely people at Bloomsbury have set up a new site for the HIVE series.  It looks great and you can find it at http://www.hivehub.co.uk/ I especially like the Evil Laugh Generator :) Bloomsbury and WHSmith ... http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?p=204