Top 5 Blog Posts of the Year AND Top Blog Post of All Time

Here it is, the dawn of a new year, a new decade, and frankly, a new age (the anthropocene). Here's my annual "Top 5 Blog Posts of the Year" post, plus since it's the dawn of a new decade and I've been running this blog for most of the past decade, I've added a bonus "Top Post of All Time." Happy New Year, all the best in 2020 and ENJOY...                     

TOP 5 Blog Posts of 2019:

#5: Introducing QUINN AND THE QUIET, QUIET March 2019

#4. 5 Stages of a Book Cover for Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet March 2019

#3. 5 Reasons for Writing a Spooky Sea Story (Blackwells and the Briny Deep) Feb. 2019

#2. CM Magazine Recommends Alex and The Other Feb. 2019

I find the list above fascinating, (and gratifying), since it reflects interest in my Weird Stories Gone Wrong series, which ended in 2019 with Book Six, Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet. I'm immensely proud of the series, which took 5 years to write, and which was shortlisted for 3 awards (and won one!).

And here's the #1 BLOG POST OF THE YEAR for 2019, DRUM ROLL PLEASE ...

#1: OCULUM is in the house, 5 questions about middle grade dystopia answered 

OCULUM has been nominated for two awards now, the OLA Silver Birch 2020 and the SYRCA Diamond Willow award 2020. The book has also been optioned for television, podcast and audio book, which is all very exciting, and thank you to all involved. It's looks like 2020 will be the year of OCULUM for me. Wish me luck friends!

And as promised, here's your bonus. My #1 top blog post of all time, by the numbers is ...

#1 POST of ALL TIME: Myles and the Monster Outside KIRKUS REVIEW Nov. 2016  Myles and the Monster Outside is still one of my top selling books, and still one of my favourites. It's about anxiety, and a boy on a long car trip with his family, who on the final, spooky night manifests a monster of fog outside the car window. I see you, Myles ...

All the best everyone, thanks for dropping by. Now go forth and read, read, READ in 2020!