Yes, that's the big announcment:  I am the new and very first online Writer In Residence for Booktrust, the very excellent reading charity.

The website is snazzy, has a nice broody picture of yours truly, and includes a regularly updated blog (so I'll have to juggle two) and tips for writers on the whole process of writing a book.  I'll also be writing an exclusive short story and having a video Q&A with some young writers at a local school.  It runs for six months, and I'm very, very pleased to have been asked.  Check it out, good stuff.

To celebrate, I ran 20 miles this morning in under three hours.  Honestly, people, what do I have to do get you to sponsor me for the marathon?  Just click here.  It's easy.