(aged 28 and a half and if you believe that you’ll believe everything else you’re about to read!)

Welcome to the first entry in my on-line diary - that’s a blog if you want to sound like a cyber-geek. In it Nick Arnold - fairly well-known children’s author (otherwise known as me), will open my heart to the world (well, not literally that would be un-necessarily gory - but in a manner of speaking).

Over the next few years I shall spill the beans, tears and lots of ink and will hold back on nothing that affects me, happens to me, is done by me in my horrible life - so be prepared for rude remarks, gory bits, strong language and a few weird facts. Oh yes, and there’ll be pictures and a few cartoons.

And in the future dates of this diary you can find out what I’ll be up to - so you’ll have an even better idea of what the future has in store for me than I do … So don’t be shy - come and along and meet me at a Nick Arnold event as advertised in this diary. I am sure to greet you like an old friend and I might even pour water on your head and sign a book for you (it’s just a harmless hobby really - I’m talking about pouring water on people’s head not signing books).

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DUCK, IT’S A GIANT FIREWORK! No, I said giant firework not giant duck. If it was a giant duck I would have been running around waving my arms in the air!!! So what was I doing? Was it some horrible science experiment gone horribly wrong? And how is Betty the cat? Well, if you would only stop asking questions for ten seconds I might have a chance to tell you the answers but first you’ve got to promise to …
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Have you ever met a friend for the first time in months and felt that you had so much to tell them that it’s going to take you about six months? That’s me! Read the rest of this diary and I’ll tell you what I’m doing with these soldiers and whether I’ve just been arrested …

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Why so long, Nick? Why no entry in your diary for eight months and what is that small, furry creature doing sitting on top of the manuscript of your latest book?
Aha – so many questions and no answers. I’m not even going to tell you the cat’s name unless you promise to read on …

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HAPPY NEW GUESS-WHAT?

Did I say “guess what?” Can you guess what a “guess what” is? If you can or even if you can’t then keep reading. And what’s more I’ll tell you what I’m doing with Michael Rosen the new British Children’s Laureate …

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Ok, I hold up my hand – I’m guilty. Guilty of not writing my Diary until now. I wanted to write my Diary in July … and August and last week. But something always happened to stop me. What something? Ah – that would be telling …… and who are these cheeky-chappies?

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Have you ever heard your granny say “I don’t know where the years have gone?” Maybe you’ve asked yourself why time seems to pass faster when you’re having a good time? Well, the time passed fast for me – but what have I been up to and can I even remember or have I been too busy to replace the memory chip in my brain? Well, whilst I’m trying to remember, here’s some pretty May flowers I saw on my travels (sorry readers, I’m not in danger of turning nice - these flowers are really “VICIOUS VEG” and they’re full of “UGLY BUGS”!) …

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“Hi!” to all you Horrible Science fans who have been e-mailing me all month – and “Hi” if you haven’t. As ever it’s been busy, busy, busy for me in my haunted house by the sea … so before we go on here’s a chilling picture to get you in the mood …

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Have I got news for you!
Have I got news for you?
Oh yes, so I have … but you better hurry up and read it otherwise I might forget it again. For one thing I can tell you the result of the campaign I’ve been waging to save Appledore Library in Devon from closing …

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Cold chilly November fog wraps itself around the coast and hangs heavy on the wide cold river as I sit in front of my computer and write another installment of my diary … As I type I shiver and wonder if you’re wondering what I’ve been doing for the past six months. So what have I been doing for the past six months? I wonder … Aha - GOOD QUESTION!

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