Had a great interview yesterday with a really fantastic class at Graveney School.  They asked serious, challenging questions, didn't always agree with me (or each other), and were generally just the best possible interview ever.  It was videoed for the Booktrust website, so you'll be able to see for yourself soon.  Special thanks to Max and Sam who not only asked bucketloads of good questions, but were brave enough to read out work they'd written.  Brilliant stuff.

Speaking of Booktrust, I've put up a new set of writer's tips on finding time to write.  If you choose it, it'll come.

And finally, you can only win the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize once in your career, so when you do, they ask you along the next year to judge.  And the longlist I helped judge was revealed today.  A fine list, if I may say so myself.  Read them.