Dinosaur Update

 Hi everyone - I hope that you all enjoyed the Easter Holiday. 

Did you read anything interesting? 

I'm still busy working on my Dinosaur Heroes books - I've just finished writing book 2 - Pterosaur Trouble, and am about to start writing book 3 - Creatures from the Deep. 

I know you've seen the rough covers for the books, but I thought you might like to have a look at the finished versions. 

As you can see, Jurassic Giants is the cover that you all liked best out of the two that the wonderful illustrator, Alex Paterson did. I think that was a good choice... so well done and thank you for helping me decide which they should use.

Alex has started working on the inside of book 1 - and I can tell you that it is looking fantastic. I can't wait to show you what he's done next time I see you. 

What do you think of the finished covers? 

Do you have a favourite? 

I think mine is Creatures of the Deep - or it could be Terrifying T. Rex. 

Arrgh!!! I can't make up my mind. I love them all.

P.S. I know that pterosaurs aren't actually dinosaurs - they're flying reptiles - and creatures that lived in the sea weren't dinosaurs either - but there are other dinosaurs in the books.   

Happy World Book Day

Happy World Book Day everyone. I am sorry that I can't be in school with you all today but I hope you have a great time - and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday.

I've been really busy over the last couple of months and I have not been in touch as much as I would like.

I have just finished writing the first in my series of Dinosaur Heroes books - as you voted the Tyrannosaurus rex to be your favourite dinosaur,  that is what is featured in the first book Terrifying T. Rex. I will show you what the cover is going to look like when I see you. Bye for now...

Damian

Which Dinosaur Will It Be?

 Thank you for letting me know which dinosaur is your favourite. This diary page shows you how many votes the different dinosaurs get. It will help me to remember them too. 

There is still time to let me know your favourite - or which dinosaurs you think would be good in the books. 

Here are the votes so far...

Tyranosaurus rex = 7

Spinosaurus = 1

Mosasaurus = 1 (not actually a dinosaur but they lived at the same time as dinosaurs so it's a great idea).

Pterodactyl = 1 (not actually a dinosaur either - but they too lived at the same time as dinosaurs so I am sure that they will be in the books.)

Help With Some New Books

Hi everyone... right now I'm just starting to work on some new books. They won't be huge books like Harry Potter, but they will be quite big and they will have a few chapters. 

There are going to be human characters in the books - some young and some old. There are also going to be some animals in the books. When I say animals, what I actually mean is dinosaurs. There are going to be lots of dinosaurs... They won't be cute dinosaurs like the ones in Slip and Slide and Rocky Ravine, that I wrote about last year - they are going to be real dinosaurs.

I'm not sure which dinosaurs will be in the books - so perhaps you can help me.

If you could travel back in time, what dinosaur would you like to see? 

Or, to make it even easier - what is your favourite dinosaur? 

Can you tell me what you like about it the most?

My Visit To School

Hello everyone... it was wonderful spending the morning with you all at Ysgol Cefn Meiriadog yesterday. I really enjoyed meeting everyone and having the chance to share some of my stories. Thank you for asking such well thought out questions too - you all helped make the morning fun and exciting.

I'm very happy to know that I will be visiting school again to share more stories - and not only my own - but books by other authors too. There are lots of fantastic books out there so I will be really interested to hear what you are reading and what sort of things you like to read. 

You can get in touch with me by email or by leaving a comment on this page - but make sure you ask your teachers or parents for permission first. (Teachers and parents can get in touch too of course...) 

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