by Sam_Jam | Jun 8, 2023 | Blog Posts on Writing in General, Science Fiction
I put it to you: UFOs and children’s books are simply made for each other. Right? I have written a middle grade adventure book about three young friends who witness a UFO crash in a forest and discover a dying alien. So I absolutely love seeing news stories about UFOs...
by Sam_Jam | May 22, 2023 | Blog Posts on Writing in General, Class Heroes Blog Posts
Well, I may not be in the George R R Martin league yet (in terms of book output / writing duration, that is) but it’s been two years since I last released a Class Heroes book. But, like buses, you wait ages and then three come along. Yes, I’m delighted to announce a...
by Sam_Jam | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog Posts on Writing in General
I’m a very lucky chap, who has some very nice friends. As a birthday present, those very nice friends treated me to Philip Shelley’s One Day Introduction to Screenwriting course. I’d highly recommend it to anybody who wants to learn the craft of screenwriting....
by Sam_Jam | Jul 23, 2022 | Blog Posts on Writing in General
I came across a really interesting article in Publishers Weekly from Emily Midkiff, who is a professor at the University of North Dakota, specialising in children’s literature and literacy. Professor Midkiff claims that children’s science fiction is a missed...
by Sam_Jam | Sep 13, 2021 | Blog Posts on Writing in General
It’s always nice to receive praise. So thank you to the much-regarded Film Threat website who published a glowing review of The Haunted Hotel (2021 — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video). As I’m sure you know (you didn’t??? 🙂 ) I wrote the script...
by Sam_Jam | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog Posts on Writing in General
The Haunted Hotel (2021) movie, now screening on Amazon Prime Video and Google Play was shot almost entirely on the location at Ipswich’s Great White Horse Hotel. I was lucky enough to be on location during the filming and — if you follow this blog, you’ll know — was...
