Karen McCombie

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My new obsession...

It used to be that I could only write with purple pens (as anyone whose book I've signed will know), but lately I've become obsessed with glittery gel pens. They make every word beautiful! And I don't mean stuff to do with my books – I mean stupid stuff like shopping lists. 'Milk', 'Onions' and 'Toilet Roll' just look so much more interesting when they're written in sparkly sky blue, don't they? Or am I just a very trivial, possibly slightly mad person? Hmmm...
Oh, by the way, two sorrys: sorry I still haven't updated the site (still been madly busy), and sorry to everyone who hopes I can write back to them (I wish I could but I just can't – there are too many of you and only one, gel pen-obsessed, slightly mad me!).
Anyway, lots of lurve from me to you (and you, and you, and, oh, you too...)
Karen McCombie :c)

posted @ 08 July 2008 10:28 by Karen

New office, new, er, mess...

Hello! Sorry not to have blogged for a while - my house has been a disaster zone while we switched rooms round, painted, put down new carpets and lived surrounded by teetering piles of, well, general stuff. It all started when we spoke about giving Milly a bigger bedroom now that she's a 'big' girl (six), and didn't realise how complicated it would all get! But it's nearly done now, and apart form Milly having a gorgeous new room to play in, I've taken over her cute little bedroom overlooking the garden as my office. I've made it madly girly, with pink rose wallpaper on one wall and, um, nothing much else yet because I haven't unpacked all my books and bits! Still, I've got my computer, my desk, and a cushion for Gus to sit on beside me. What more could an author want?
By the way, thanks for all your excellent e-mails, reviews etc – got to go to Scotland for my niece's wedding this week, but will post new stuff on the site next week. Promise!
Karen McCombie :c)

posted @ 24 June 2008 10:58 by Karen

Yet ANOTHER new book, plus your chance to vote!!

Another month, and another new book! (Ooh, I'm a hard-working author!!)
This time it's 'Seventeen Secrets Of The Karma Club'; Kezzy and Nell plan a bunch of secret good deeds that don't always go the way they're meant to...
Hope you like it!
Oh, and another thing – I just heard that there's an online campaign/competition thingy going on for girls to nominate their favourite female author. I heard about it 'cause some of you have already nominated, well, me. (Aw, shucks, I'm blushing!!) If anyone else fancies voting, the website is thusly: www.queenofteen.co.uk.
But only if you want to – I'm not twisting anyone's arm!
Got to scoot - got to play schools with my bored six-year-old (boo to half-term school holiday rain)...
Karen McCombie :c)

posted @ 28 May 2008 17:34 by Karen

NEW BOOK NEWS!!!

OK, my latest book out – this very month – is a special in the 'Indie Kidd' series... it's called 'My (Most Excellent) Pet Project'. I guess if you like Indie Kidd and pets, it's the book for you! I had a LOT of fun writing it, researching a ton of excellently silly, dumb stuff about animals. So, if you fancy knowing what a spotted wobbegong is (you might not want to) or what llamas do to show they're happy, then take a peek!
I'm off to a book festival in Lincoln tomorrow, so promise to update some stuff on the site when I get back later in the week.
Hope you're all, well, fab!!
Karen McCombie :c)

posted @ 12 May 2008 21:34 by Karen

ANNOUNCEMENT! The winner of the Sadie Rocks competition is...

...me!! Ha, ha, ha. OK, so I wouldn't mind winning £500 worth of TopShop vouchers, but the actual winner is TAYLOR FINCH from DORSET!!!!! Well done, Taylor! Have a most excellent time spending the vouchers – specially when you know that so many people (including me!) will be very, very jealous indeed...
Karen McCombie :c)
PS News on two new books coming, ooh, very, very soon!

posted @ 28 April 2008 11:17 by Karen

I'm back...

...from my holiday in Scotland, where it was snowing like crazy! Had a very groovy time, building snowmen and stomping through magical-looking woods, all snow-speckled (Milly said it was like Fairyland!). Best of all, our holiday house was just outside one of my favourite places – Ballater. It's a small town where I spent lots of holidays as a teenager, and it's where I set the fictional town of Balgownie in my novel 'Marshmallow Magic And The Wild Rouse Rouge'.
But hey, it's back to chilly, snow-free London now, and back to work! Will fill you in with all my latest bookie news soon...
Karen McCombie :c)

posted @ 19 April 2008 13:09 by Karen

Happy Easter holidays...

...if you're on holiday (which I know lots of you are, from the amount of excellent mail you've been sending me!). As for us in London, our school holidays start this weekend, when we're off to Scotland again, to a lovely-looking house deep in some woods. I've started packing already (thermals, wellies, woollies) for me, Tom and Milly.
Like I said, you have been sending some great stuff, and I promise I'll post a bunch soon - but between holidays and working day and night (as soon as Milly is tucked up!) on my current book (the next Sadie Rocks) I'm mega-hyper-busy, so please be patient with me, pretty please!
Much love to you, from me...
Karen McCombie :c)

posted @ 02 April 2008 20:44 by Karen

What's the secret of the 17 Secrets?

OK, so I got a couple of e-mails from Little Miss X and Zoe Goodall, who've come across mentions of 'The Seventeen Secrets Of The Karma Club' and asked me what it's all about... Well, it's my new novel, which is due to ping into bookshops in June this year.
Promise I'll tell you more about it soon. (All I'll say for now is that it features some weird knitting. Don't be scared.)
Karen McCombie :c)

posted @ 18 March 2008 23:12 by Karen

Just back from my mini-tour!

Last Thursday was World Book Day, so I was off on a mini-tour for a few days to celebrate. My travels took me to Mountain Ash Library in Aberdare, Wales; Bristol Brunel Academy; and The Storyteller Children's Bookshop in Exeter amongst others. Met some lovely people, so it's a quick "hello!" in particular to Anna, Lucy, Chloe, Sherrie, Poppy, Elsie, both the Hannahs, Adaiye and Matt!
Karen McCombie :c)

posted @ 11 March 2008 20:57 by Karen

If my cat Gus could talk, he'd be saying...

"What do you mean, I almost died? I feel fine! OK, so I can't remember much about last week, except for being stuck in a cage at that place you sometimes take me to – the place where everyone is friendly but then sticks a needle in your neck or a thermometer up your bum – but I don't think I was that bad. Anyway, even if I was, it doesn't matter, 'cause I'm great now. Though I do feel very hungry, like I haven't eaten for days ['You didn't!' – Karen] so if you could just up my meals from twice a day to nineteen times a day, that would be excellent. Prrrrrrp."
Gus the-definitely-not-dead cat
[Phew, and welcome home! KMcC]

posted @ 27 February 2008 19:48 by Karen

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