Posts Tagged ‘A Humble Companion’
The Things People Ask
My regular reader may be forgiven for wondering if I was indisposed. Two weeks without posting. Tsk, tsk. It’s just that it’s that time of year. I can go months without anyone asking me anything, but when publication dates come round my writing habits become of brief interest to the world. And this year…
Read MoreOff the Shelf
Someone said to me, ‘It must give you such a thrill, to walk into a bookshop and see your book on the shelf.’ Well, yes. Also, no. There was a time. Then I went through a brief phase of writing humorous non-fiction that didn’t belong with the joke books and didn’t quite belong in the psychology…
Read MoreChristmas Already
Christmas just came early for me. My publishers shouted down my burrow this afternoon to let me know that Kathy Stevenson of the Daily Mail named A Humble Companion as one of her picks of the year. I don’t know who this wise and discerning book critic is but she certainly made my Friday. Revisions of next year’s book are…
Read MoreIn Three Minds
This is one of the most confusing times of my working year. It’s just three weeks till my new novel is published, so part of each day is devoted to getting the word out. Tweeting, Pinning, Posting. Plus the really important stuff, like deciding what shoes to wear to the launch party. Then there’s my Work in Progress, which…
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