Can you say anything about the rumours of a movie version?
If Hollywood calls, I’m ready to do lunch… Seriously, there has been some interest but nothing compelling enough to take to the deal stage. I’m completely open as to what the Vampirates movie(s) could be but I suspect that it’s going to need a big old budget to do it justice. I’d very much like it to happen while Angelina Jolie could, if she wished to, play Lady Lola Lockwood. Was it always your dream to be a writer growing up? It was never my conscious dream to be a writer, but I have always written and always wanted to write. I think it was John Irving who said that if he’d been anything but a writer he’d have felt a vague sense of disappointment. That sums it up for me, too – it feels like what I should be doing. Finally, do you have any advice for aspiring authors? My advice to aspiring authors is threefold – 1) Read a lot and as widely as possible. 2) Write as often as you can and, again, keep experimenting until you know what’s right for you. 3) Grow a hard skin. Of the eight pub
