The pre-launch edition of the all-new Puffin Post magazine will feature the first instalment of a box-fresh Matt Whyman story.Tombstones takes us to the top of an ocean cliff face, and get deep inside the mind of a boy preparing to make the jump of his life.
Originally, I was asked to write just one chapter, and end it on a cliffhanger, which I did quite literally, in order for another writer to take over the baton.
So, in mischievous mood, I rendered the ending virtually impossible to continue. Then the Puffin team turned around and said they'd like me to write every instalment to the end. Uh oh.
2 comments:
Congrats, Matt! Sounds great.
I just finished reading The Wild btw and I thought it was awesome. The ending made me cry. It was a brave ending. A true ending. But oh so sad!
As a writer who bases my own fiction on stuff not so far removed from my real life, I am totally in awe of you. How on earth did you do the research for this book? I would really love to know.
Shanta
Hi Shanta - good to hear from you. Hope all is well. I'm very fond of The Wild, even after Disney put out a film with the same title, so now everyone assumes it's a novel about a bunch of loveable runaway jungle animals.
As for research, I just like writing about what I don't know :o)
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