Any one can win a competition. The post man has just delivered a parcel to me with the Snakehead picture on the front. I am now bouncing here, after winning an Alex Rider t-shirt and poster.

On The Blue Peter Blog Justin Somper wrote "I thought that it made sense to have pirates in the future because, with global warming and sea-level rise, there would be a lot more ocean for them to roam around and whoever controlled those vast oceans would be very powerful indeed!"

I was watching a programme yesterday on volcanos. Volcanos release molten rock and the tectonic plates shifting into one another cause mountains. These are the only things stopping the rain eroding the land and causing the world to be covered by oceans.

If global warming affects volcanos or the tectonic plates shifting then we may see an increase in pirate activities.

For those of you who are fans of Anthony Horowitz, I thought you might be interested in a competition I have just found. The chance to have a character named after you in his next book. See http://www.alexrider.com/tesco/ for more information.

I have just found on Facebook some Vampirate groups. I have just added them to the Justin Somper page under 'Vampirate Discussion Forums' with the one on the Nocturn. Does anyone know of any more?

Hubbie's Dad dropped by today. He and Nai Nai (Nanny in mandarin) found the Tempest Twins website intriguing especially the Chinese pirates. Nai Nai found me a website to help me pronounce the Chinese names, Please note that each district has their own variation, so for Cheng you have to go down to the meaning finish / complete / accomplish / become / turn into / win / succeed / one tenth for the correct pronunciation. Although to western ears they sound very similar.

You have got to go to the http://www.vampirates.co.uk/ website and read under the latest news the comments from fellow authors like Anthony Horowitz.

Ahh, I am using a different copy of Vampirates, Demons Of The Ocean to my usual (as a friend is borrowing mine), and my kids went by. Now it does look more authentic with Strawberry, Blackberry and Raspberry juice down the side. Well back to up-dating the character page and hoping the pages don't stick together.

Amazon must have received their copies of Blood Captain early as mine arrived today. I was so excited I had to open it in-front of the postman. My son says that if he cannot have his Pokemon game on his Nintendo during the day, I should not be allowed to hide in a book. So I will have to wait until my hubby gets home to read it.