So here’s what I’m up to. In a week or two I’ll be done on the rough draft of The Black Lung Captain, after which I’ll spend a bit of time lying down with cold towels over my wrists and forehead, then I’ll get up and edit it into a proper first draft and give it to my editor sometime in the middle of November. Right on schedule, ’cause I’m a good little author.
After that, I’m not sure what’s next up. Due to publishing deadlines I wrote Malice, Retribution Falls, Havoc and The Black Lung Captain back to back without a break, so I’ve been neglecting my scripts. Maybe I’ll do a bit of screenplay work for a bit. Maybe something with zombies… wait, no. Anyway, what I will do is take a little break while I sort it out. Normally this would be the point when I sling on a backpack and go somewhere in the world I haven’t been, but what with Christmas coming up and plane fares being astronomical that time of year, I’ll probably put it off till early next year. So I’ll get bored after three days and go back to work. I don’t do inactivity well…
Meantime, Malice has just been released in the US. Everyone who hasn’t tasted that little slice of YA fantasy-horror-with-a-graphic-novel-twist, er, go taste it!
I loved malice. im in the middle of reading havoc right now and i am actually kind of afraid to finish it because i know i will be all sad in the end because it was so good.i really want u to write a third book cause these books are so creative and fun to read. oh and i loved the way u added in the little internet conversation at alicia’s friends house. i hope i dont seem like a noob!haha
well just keep doin what u do and writing awesome books
still havent read havoc yet and im so mad cause this damn library doesnt have it yet and doesnt plan on getting it for a while.
Dear Mr Woodings,
I loved Malice and I’m have way through havoc and i just got it yesterday! I just can’t put the book down! I’m a huge fan and encourage you to keep writing these books because they’re so intriguing. Malice is a world where you can creative and anything can happen and I love that aspect. I’m also a big fan of your other novels such as the storm thief. Keep up the good work and thank you for blessing the world with your literature.
Your biggest fan,
Yafet Robel
Dear Chris
I loved malice and havoc, i couldnt put them down once i started reading them. I think you should write a third book it would be great.
Dear Chris
I loved malice and havoc, i couldnt put them down once i started reading them. I think you should write a third book it would be great.
Biggest fan
jacki
Dear Chris
I have read Malice twice cover to cover, and Havoc once, but i can’t seem to find the nationality of Justin. I figured out every other character’s, but Justin’s eludes me.
Please help,
Your NEW biggest fan
Haaziq
Thanks all
Haaziq – Justin is English. I don’t think it’s mentioned but you can tell by the way he talks.
I have Read Malice and it was pretty much my favorite book ever!
I’m still waiting to go to the bookstore and buy Havoc. Haha cause when I do I’m staying home, getting a mug of hot cocoa and reading it all in one sitting! I really hope you do make more books because there really is nothing else like them out there and they are so entertaining! Good luck with the movie!
Hello
I LOOOOOVE Malice and Havoc… someone who knows Chris Wooding “Mail” so you can write to him and aks him fr something 
dear chris i am a huge fan of malice and havoc i have read them both and i must say they are quite amazing how you used italics to some how put the kind of voice in your mind of how cruel scratch and tall jake sound was a great way to put a perspective into the readers mind.
any ways i was just wondering if there is going to be a posible 3rd episode because you cant just end the story there how will we know if kady and seth reunight i think you should make another story on how theres something wrong going on inside malice and maby reality two and they have to meet up and solve it again. these are definantly book my kids will read one day!
TALL JAKE. EEEEEEEEEE :3
i wish ibook was compatible with comics ): pooey.. i just read malice for the 3rd time. discovered it in the school library when i was goin over to your section to borrow Storm thief again (EEE WAS SO EXCITED THEY GOT A NEW BOOK BY YOU!!). picked it up cus a) its by chris wooding b) the guy on the cover looks super hot LOL.
Hey there, Im a huge fan of yourse and ive read your malice series. I thought Havoc had a great ending but i found that i was still hanging. I wanted to know what happend next. Did Kady see Seth again? And what about the Lack and the Queen of cats, what did they think of Seth and Justins heroic actions? Was he a hero? Was there still somthing bad creeping in Malic. I WANT TO KNOW. You need to help me! I have about 29 people in my class who would love to read more about what happened. Maybe even though Tall Jake has fallen somthing will rise, somthing bad. I Would Love to see another book of the Malice series… Your Biggest Fan
Hannah, From Bracebridge Public School.
And i heard somthing about a movie… is that true?
Chris , I can barely speak , your books leave me speakless and jaws wide open … THEY ARE ALL SUPERCALAFRAGILISTICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it is impossible to put any of your books down and as soon as I see the author Chris Wooding … forget everything else THAT BOOK IS MINE XD thanks for your hard work and keep at it … there are millions more hungry for your books <3
Chesh wolf
Hey. I wanted to find a way to contact you, so I googled you and found this, so I decided to go ahead and hope that you read this.
I am 22 now, and out of impulse, went to my book shelf and dusted off an old classic series from my childhood. I haven’t read these books in years, but I absolutely loved them. I felt a huge surge of nostalgia and decided to try and contact you. When I was in middleschool, I remember reading Broken Sky all the time. I loved this series so much. I remember fondly listening to the Deus Ex soundtrack, and power reading through the series.
Broken Sky was a huge part of my childhood, so I wanted to thank you for writing these books so many years ago. Thanks man, it means a lot to me that I had the chance to read them. I plan to reread them over the break, just for that dose of sweet nostalgia and child hood memories.
Dear Lord, 166 comments so far on a post that’s 2 years old
Thanks to all and sundry who said nice things.
@ Aaron, glad you enjoyed ‘em. Nice to hear from an old-timer from back in the day
Seriously, it’s good to know that there were some people out there who treasured them as kids; that feeling is one of the reasons that keeps me writing YA books.