Books
Fear with a safety net: Why children should read scary books
As part of the Warhammer Adventures promotional tour, I was asked to write a piece on scary books for children for the Book Trust. You can read it here! Let […]
writing
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A new notebook means a new adventure
A notebook, a pen and a cup of tea. The beginning of a fresh adventure. Planning my new novel begins now.
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The genius of Amanda Brooke’s author survival kit
A brilliant motivation idea from author Amanda Brooke here… Later in the thread she discusses how she wraps the parcels herself so she knows it will be something she’ll enjoy – in […]
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Jasper Fforde and Scribernation
Today, I’m off to Bristolcon for the first time in a couple of years and am looking forward to my panels, including one I’m moderating that features, among others, bestselling […]
Interviews
Interviewed on the IAMTW website
New York Bestseller Jonathan Maberry has interviewed me on the official International Association of Media Tie-In Writers’ website. We talk about writing licensed fiction, my early fan fiction and my upcoming […]
Interviews
Chatting about Licensed Fiction on The Bestseller Experiment
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Mark Stay of The Bestseller Experiment, a great podcast that chats to bestsellers of all shapes and […]
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Ask Cavan – Working on multiple stories at once
Thanks to Nigel Palfreman who emailed me with a question about writing. It’s this: How do you prioritise what you write? Do you finish writing one story, then go onto […]
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Watch the World Book Day Imagination Channel Videos (featuring me and other brilliant children’s authors!)
The wonderful people at World Book Day have released a series of videos featuring me and my fellow World Book Day authors. Are you sitting comfortably? Then here they are: […]
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Spend 20 minutes with me on the Roundtable Podcast!
So, a couple of weeks ago, this happened: Sitting in my kitchen in Bristol, I spent a wonderful couple of hours talking to the Roundtable Podcast over in the good old […]
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The Hunted reviewed, plus writing a YA novel…
This line from Jenny Davies’ review of The Hunted has made me grin like a loon: These books have now made me want a full-length YA novel from Cavan Scott; […]
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“What’s the best part about writing a book?”
A cracking author’s visit yesterday at the Cheddar Grove Primary school in Bristol, brainstorming ideas and going through how comic strips are put together as part of their animation week. […]
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How to write lots of words every day
A couple of days ago I swapped some comments with author Adam Christopher on his blog about daily word counts and the like. I mentioned that I, on average, write […]