Thursday, October 17, 2013

Come see my shiny new blog!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by, I now have a shiny new blog where you can read excerpts from my books and get loads of Info on upcoming projects....

Please come see and follow me there!

Click here!

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Just 6000 words, two chapters into book 4.


This one is going to be a sequel to Shadowland which is selling really well and now has 132 reviews on Amazon US with an average 4.3 stars.... so I just had to write a sequel, didn't I?

Anyhow, its great to be back with Uther, he's a bit older and at an interesting time in his life. The smell of horse droppings and blood just oozes from every page at the moment ;)

People really stank back then and even kings had fleas... tough life eh!



Thursday, September 19, 2013

Waiting for the final edits for Chaos Storm to come in and getting ready to format for Amazon and Lulu. It's exciting to be publishing my third book and I can't wait to see it up and available!



While I'm waiting, I have now started the next book, a sequel to Shadowland. I'm reading all I can on the dark ages again, soaking up images of how people lived, what they ate and what clothes they wore, it's all interesting stuff and is slowly finding its way into words; two chapters completed so far and I love being back with Uther! 

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Making a book cover from a couple of sketches....

The amazing graphic artist/designer Adriana Haganu recently completed the cover for my latest book 'Chaos Storm' which should be available by the end of September. She then agreed to update the cover for the first book, The Flight of the Griffin. Have a look at what she made out of a couple of quick sketches....

She took these three drawings...



...and made my wonderful new cover for The Flight of the Griffin!


Wow! Thanks Adi xx

Monday, August 19, 2013

Chaos update!


The manuscript for Chaos Storm is now with my editor, the wonderful Caro and we hope to have it finished and all the rogue commas and semicolons chased out by mid to late September.

Adriana has been working incredibly hard with the book cover and banners, for which I'm immensely grateful. She has even agreed to update the original Flight of the Griffin cover next so it doesn't look too awful next to Chaos Storm!

My next project is already into its second chapter and I'm already really excited about it!

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Chaos Storm is coming soon!

I've been so busy writing over the last few months that I've neglected my poor blog so here is a quick update.

Firstly the sequel to The Flight of the Griffin, Chaos Storm is just one chapter away from finishing. Just a wrap up of the loose ends and then it goes for editing. I'm hoping that it will be on Amazon by early July. One thing I promise is that if you enjoyed The Flight of the Griffin you are going to love Chaos Storm!

Set one year after the crew reunited the crystal skulls in Sterling Temple, a new threat plunges the Realm into danger with invading armies on two borders and Matheus Hawk back with greater powers and vengeance on his mind.

I also wanted to note that Shadowland, which now boasts 72 reviews on Amazon US with a 4.3 star average is a FREE kindle download on Amazon 11th- 13th June, if you haven't yet snagged a copy, this is your chance! Please leave me a review!!!  http://amzn.to/xrUOm5

Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Times/Chicken House longlist - The Flight of the Griffin by C.M Gray

I am so excited today for The Flight of the Griffin to be included as one of the 21 'longlisted' books in The Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition. It is a great honour and I'm just buzzing!

Congratulations to my 20 companions on the 'Longlist' 2013!


THE LONGLIST:
ALL THE SKY
S.A. West
London
BORN LOSERS
Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison
London
ELLIE AND THE GHOSTS
Elaine Murphy
Northumberland
FINDING ALICE
Rosemary Appleyard
East Sussex
FRAMED
Joy McCullough-Carranza
Washington, USA
LIKE A BROTHER
Wendy E Constance
Clacton-on-Sea
MOLLY
Katharine Leat
Norfolk
MOON BOY
D.M. Macphail
Perthshire
MR UNUSUALLY'S CIRCUS OF DREAMS
Sharda Dean
Hertfordshire
PROMISE NOT TO TELL
Rita Piper
Nottinghamshire
THE BOY WITH THE GOLDEN BALLS
Michael Byrne
Winchester

THE HAIRY HAND
Robin Bennett
Henley-on-Thames
THE PRINCESS AND THE PEACH
Benedict Brown
Surrey
THE SELKIES OF SCORESBY NAB
K.M. Lockwood
Sussex
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY HOUSE
Nicki Thornton
Abingdon
THE WITCH OF EDAINE
Hilly Barmby
Brighton
THROUGH MORTAL EYES
Sally Poyton
Oxfordshire
VINCENT
Phillip Rudall
Swansea
WE STOLE OUR BROTHER
Fiona Motherwell
London
ZACH IN THE MAKING
Kelly McCaughrain
Belfast