I've struggled a little with what to blog about recently. I've got some longer pieces in mind, but no time to sit down and write them properly. And I've got some interesting stuff coming up, but it would be a bit premature to post any of it now. So, in the meantime, here's a quick rambly update post, with a few piccies for you as well.

Sarah McIntyre alerted me to a nice little piece by Jake Hope in the April edition of The Bookseller, looking forward to the publication of The Rainbow Orchid volume 2 in July - thanks for that Jake!

Yesterday the full programme for the Hay Festival went online - you can see my event here, 1pm on Saturday 5th June in the Oxfam Studio. If you've never been to Hay before, and you love books, I would highly recommend it.

Thanks to Down The Tubes and the Forbidden Planet blog for helping to preview the cover for volume 2. It's had a positive reaction, which is a relief, I must say. I'm deep into working on volume 3 now, and really enjoying it. I know it's a long wait between volumes, but when they're all together I think the build up in the story is just right and, if I do say so myself, the final volume is a cracker. Here are a select few panels from my very rough roughs for volume 3.