media | Liam O'Donnell

Virtual Visits and Real Questions Answered

by liam | Mar 12, 2017 | appearances, comics, education, literacy, media

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been busy visiting schools talking to many young comic fans about writing and creating comics. And for some of the most fun visits, I haven’t even had to leave my office! I love doing virtual visits with schools around the...

The Nightmare begins soon. This illustration will get you started . . .

by liam | Jul 15, 2015 | Battle of the Blocks, writing news

It’s officially official: Nether Nightmare hits e-readers and book shelves on Saturday August 15th, 2015. Update: Er, How about we say August 30th? The second book in the Battle of the Blocks series picks up right where Descent into Overworld left off. Hamid,...

Slimetastic reviews for Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede!

by liam | Feb 16, 2015 | Tank & Fizz, writing news

Turns out book reviewers like goblins and trolls. Who knew? With the launch for Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede only a few weeks again, reviews are rolling in and so far they’ve been slime-tastic. Kirkus reviews gets gooey: O’Donnell rolls out a...

Five Books to Get Your Gamer Reading

by liam | Jan 18, 2015 | literacy, Teacher's Guide, video games, writing news

Last week, I dropped by the fantastic Pragmaticmom blog to share my book picks to get gamers reading. I also shared a version of that of that post on the GamingEdus blog. So I figured, I might as well share on my own blog, too! So here it is in all its glory. Enjoy....

Readers make the writer

by liam | Jan 11, 2015 | writing news

I am a very lucky writer. I get to make stuff up, send it out to the world and have people read it. That sounds pretty basic, but sometimes that is all I want from this whole writing thing. That’s why my brain never fails to explode when readers take the time to...