Today, after a bit of postal service wrangling, I received two copies of the printed proofs of Advice for Strays from my publisher. I can’t really describe what it’s like to see my words as they will appear in the printed book, all small and perfect and lovely-of-font. So I won’t try.
I spent some frenzied hours minutes taking photographs with my iPhone, then a few more dreamy minutes gazing at the copies.
And now I’ll have to get to work.
I have until 14th September to send any corrections I have back to the publisher. That’s plenty of time. But being Her Majesty’s Procrastinator-in-Chief, I shall leave it all until the afternoon of the 13th, panic, weep, throw things, sit down, get up, cry some more, open the proofs, get a beer, check Twitter and then spend all night working to get it done before the deadline.
Life is exciting.
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Congrats on the book! Been following your tweets for awhile, keep it up! xx
Nice one, thanks!
I want a copy! I’m presuming that there’ll be some sort of Brighton signing, right? n’ that I can gatecrash it?
Yes, there will be a seperate Brighton launch and signing after that. You will be expected to be there. No excuses.
Congrats! I actually got misty-eyed.
Ah thanks. So did I..!
Congrats! I think I got a tear in my eye, I’m so moved.
Looking for the link to the web site for the book! *poke*
How about this one, hmm..?
Hee!