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The Great and Mighty K.J.Taylor!

The First Partnership

People have sometimes asked me a very good question: since there was no big historical event, and no magic involved, just how did humans and griffins wind up living together? It’s something the books never really delved into. So I decided to tell this tale and solve the mystery for everyone.

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Sale!

Electronic copies of The Dark Griffin will be on special from Apple from November 25th until December 12th. During that time you’ll be able to get the book for AUS$4.99. Not bad!

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The Dark Griffin – Revisited

Today, in a ludicrous nine and a half hour marathon session, I typed up my Dark Griffin screenplay adaptation. I had already written the whole thing out by hand, so all I really needed to do was transcribe it, but I made some changes along the way. One of the good things about writing things… {read more}

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The Sign of the Red Rat

This week I finished writing my first television pilot – an adaptation of Ambit and Snarl. Well, the first part of it, anyway. I’ve sent it off to my agent. A friend suggested it could make a good animated series, and I agree. Let’s see what happens! I’ve also recently had another tattoo applied; the… {read more}

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Rememer, Remember

…the fifth of November! Why do I remember it? Because it’s my parents’ wedding anniversary! This year is their 30th. Yes, of course Dad is giving Mum pearls. I even helped him pick them out. In a nice little coincidence, they were married in the same year as the school where I now work was… {read more}

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Lights, Camera… Action?

Today I watched Thor: The Dark World and loved it. I highly recommend it. Yes, in 3D – I’m one of those people who actually likes 3D. That higher framerate thing didn’t do it for me when I watched the first hour of The Hobbit, though.   Well, it’s been a while since I had… {read more}

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A Panel at the UC

A couple of weeks ago I was given the honour of introducing a discussion panel involving no less a pair of fellow authors than Garth Nix and Morris Gleitzman, both of whom are very big names here in Australia. The panel moderator was an ABC radio personality named Genevieve Jacobs, and she and the two… {read more}

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“F*ck Destiny”

Early in September I got some very bad news. Just what that was won’t be discussed here, but what’s important is that it was the kind of bad news that makes you very angry. And, unfortunately, it was that particularly bad kind of anger where I wasn’t angry with anyone or anything – I was… {read more}

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1940s Insight

During my recent holiday in Parkes I visited one of my favourite places to go: a used bookshop. As someone who loves books and is naturally inclined to collect things, I always jump at the chance to come across anything rare or unusual. This particular used bookshop turned out to be well worth the visit:… {read more}

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Projects and Rats

It’s been a while since I moved into my new home, and I’m very happy with it. In fact, owning my own place has woken up the nesting instinct in me so much that I’ve even started to give serious thought to trying to find a date. I haven’t done anything on that front yet… {read more}

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