http://nickarnold-website.com/diary Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:31:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (aged 28 and a half and if you believe that you’ll believe everything else you’re about to read!) Welcome to the first entry in my on-line diary - that’s a blog if you want to sound like a cyber-geek. In it Nick Arnold - fairly well-known children’s author (otherwise known ... http://nickarnold-website.com/diary/?p=17 DUCK, IT’S A GIANT FIREWORK! No, I said giant firework not giant duck. If it was a giant duck I would have been running around waving my arms in the air!!! So what was I doing? Was it some horrible science experiment gone horribly wrong? ... http://nickarnold-website.com/diary/?p=36 Have you ever met a friend for the first time in months and felt that you had so much to tell them that it’s going to take you about six months? That’s me! Read the rest of this diary and I’ll tell you what I’m doing with these ... http://nickarnold-website.com/diary/?p=35 Why so long, Nick? Why no entry in your diary for eight months and what is that small, furry creature doing sitting on top of the manuscript of your latest book? Aha – so many questions and no answers. I’m not even going to tell you the cat’s name ... http://nickarnold-website.com/diary/?p=32 HAPPY NEW GUESS-WHAT? Did I say “guess what?” Can you guess what a “guess what” is? If you can or even if you can’t then keep reading. And what’s more I’ll tell you what I’m doing with Michael Rosen the new British Children’s Laureate … No-way, a “guess what” ... http://nickarnold-website.com/diary/?p=31 Ok, I hold up my hand – I’m guilty. Guilty of not writing my Diary until now. I wanted to write my Diary in July … and August and last week. But something always happened to stop me. What something? Ah – that would be ... http://nickarnold-website.com/diary/?p=30 Have you ever heard your granny say “I don’t know where the years have gone?” Maybe you’ve asked yourself why time seems to pass faster when you’re having a good time? Well, the time passed fast for me – but what have I been up to and can ... http://nickarnold-website.com/diary/?p=29 “Hi!” to all you Horrible Science fans who have been e-mailing me all month – and “Hi” if you haven’t. As ever it’s been busy, busy, busy for me in my haunted house by the sea … so before we go on here’s a chilling picture to get you ... http://nickarnold-website.com/diary/?p=26 Have I got news for you! Have I got news for you? Oh yes, so I have … but you better hurry up and read it otherwise I might forget it again. For one thing I can tell you the result of the campaign I’ve been waging to save Appledore ... http://nickarnold-website.com/diary/?p=24 Cold chilly November fog wraps itself around the coast and hangs heavy on the wide cold river as I sit in front of my computer and write another installment of my diary … As I type I shiver and wonder if you’re wondering what I’ve been doing for the past ... http://nickarnold-website.com/diary/?p=23