Colm Field

A spookily great giveaway from @toppsta This fast paced, creepy YA is full of suspense and will have you on the edge of your seat!! We have thoroughly enjoyed reading it @Bryn_Celynnog and it is now in our school library for everyone to enjoy 🔪 🩸 ☠️ 📕 @colmthewriter

It's officially spooky season!⁠ So we're sharing our spooky reads, books guaranteed to make you squirm - in the best way! @colmthewriter's The Blood Texts is fantastically thrilling short-form horror. Get a copy for teens who've fallen out of love with reading (link in bio).

🎃Happy Halloween!🎃 🧌 Today on our blog, 'Uncle Zeedie' author @colmthewriter unleashes his top 3 spooky tips on #writing horror - a spooktastic read! @foxandinkbooks 👻Check it out here👇 paperboundmag.com/2025/10/31/hal…

@EmmaEBradley @FinlaysonPalmer Thank you @EmmaEBradley

@FinlaysonPalmer @colmthewriter Huge thank you to @colmthewriter for a great #ukteenchat! Can't wait to scare myself up a copy! And of course to our host-mistress extraordinaire @FinlaysonPalmer ☺️

That hour has just flown by! Thank you so much for being a great guest @colmthewriter, you're welcome anytime on #ukteenchat 😊

@FinlaysonPalmer I'm gutted it's over! Thank you so much for having me, always wanted to do this! #ukteenchat

@FinlaysonPalmer Write every day, on your phone, then you don't have the excuse of being away from your desk. #ukteenchat

10, Do you have any writing advice or tips you’d like to share? @colmthewriter #ukteenchat

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@colmthewriter @FinlaysonPalmer Eek! Great film though 👌

9, Can you tell us anything about what you’re working on now? @colmthewriter #ukteenchat

@FinlaysonPalmer I'd love that, but I'll be working on my gifs

@colmthewriter Ooh, I'll look forward to hearing more about that. You should come back as a guest for the release 🙂 #ukteenchat

@FinlaysonPalmer I've also been writing a MG mystery book that is very influenced by Pamela Butchart, Hardy Boys and The Inbestigators #ukteenchat

@FinlaysonPalmer That having been said, sometimes a new thing will come up while I'm writing the draft, and that can be very exciting. #ukteenchat

@FinlaysonPalmer I'm in between. Uncle Zeedie was the most I plotted a book in ages, and I've got to admit it really helped

8, Are you a plotter or pantser? @colmthewriter #ukteenchat

@FinlaysonPalmer That's literally the size of the cup I use #ukteenchat

@colmthewriter It gets a bit intense writing some scenes, a cuppa is definitely much need! #ukteenchat

7, Have you ever scared yourself with your own writing? @colmthewriter #ukteenchat

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@colmthewriter @FinlaysonPalmer @FANGORIA #ukteenchat

6, Do you have any favourite horror tropes that you come back to in your writing? @colmthewriter #ukteenchat

@EmmaEBradley @emeraldshadow @FinlaysonPalmer I seem to remember the second time I went there being a LOT of elderly people in the audience and wondering if the show would make the end #ukteenchat

@emeraldshadow @colmthewriter @FinlaysonPalmer I didn't have any screaming from the audience in any of mine, only from the sound effects, so probably someone of a nervous disposition (maybe even me 😆) #ukteenchat

5, Your descriptions and world building are so rich and immersive, do you have any tips for creating believable spooky settings? @colmthewriter #ukteenchat

@FinlaysonPalmer I probably use bits of face opening wider than is normal a bit too much #ukteenchat

@emeraldshadow @EmmaEBradley @FinlaysonPalmer I had it with a book recently too - #deadstream by Mar Romasco Moore - this one scene had me holding onto the pages wanting it to drop, I love that feeling tbh

@EmmaEBradley @colmthewriter @FinlaysonPalmer Saw this several years ago. Halfway through, someone in the audience screamed almost scaring the rest of us to death. Never did find out if she was genuine or a plant. #ukteenchat

@emeraldshadow @EmmaEBradley @FinlaysonPalmer 😂