I’m ashamed to realise that my unhealthy preoccupation with Alejandro and The Deadline meant that I failed to mention earlier something pretty important and very exciting. Fortunately Michelle Styles, Natasha Oakley, Kate Hardy and Susan Stephens are better women than I, so you probably already know that 2008 is the National Year of Reading, which is a ‘year long celebration of reading, in all its forms.’ To my mind, reading-- like friendship and Friday evenings—is something we should all celebrate, often, so I’m really delighted to have been invited to be the writer in residence for Cheshire Libraries. Sadly, being a writer in residence doesn’t mean you get to live in the library for a year, which would be my idea of heaven, (I’d bed down in the far corner by Historicals, and work my way steadily from there, via Biography, to Romance and General Fiction, with frequent sorties into Cookery to dream over beautifully photographed recipes that—since I was living in the library, I’d be under no pressure at all to attempt) however, it does mean that this Saturday I get to spend a couple of hours talking heroes and happy endings at Macclesfield Library. If you’re going to be anywhere near, we’ll have the kettle on at 10am sharp, so come and join us!
Yesterday, once I’d done my thousand words (1194 actually—how keen am I?) I started work on the Great Website Update, and that’s why this morning I have a sore shoulders, a slight hangover and have had only four hours sleep.
And it’s still nowhere near fully functional.
Yesterday, once I’d done my thousand words (1194 actually—how keen am I?) I started work on the Great Website Update, and that’s why this morning I have a sore shoulders, a slight hangover and have had only four hours sleep.
And it’s still nowhere near fully functional.
