I've had a bit of time to play around with the settings and fonts and add a few bits and pieces: it's all very posh over here on this bit of the internet! I'm starting to feel quite pleased I've been forced to move! Still not entirely happy with the way things look so I'll probably keep fiddling about with it for a while until I work out what all the buttons are for! Have just checked and there seem to be about 22,000 bloggers who like Elbow on this site: I knew I was in the right place. Mark (book cover designer extraordinare) and I went to see them on Thursday in Newcastle - 3rd time this year - and we had a brilliant night. They're like sun-ray treatment for the soul! I've floated through the weekend, buoyed up by the experience, and was still so bedazzled on Saturday that I LOST A PIECE OF GINGER CAKE in a cafe! I had it when I left the counter but it had disappeared by the time I reached the table! All was not lost: a lady heard me wailing with grief and returned the absconding victuals which I'd put down to add nutmeg to my latte... It was all the more delicious for almost having lost it!
Scotch Pine news: I'm working on re-drafting at the same time as I'm writing. It's a strange experience. My 'editor' (who's had 2 eye ops and is waiting for a third!) has been brilliant and with her help I've managed to get 3/4 of the book just about ready for publication although there will need to be a bit of tightening up, inevitably, before it is ready to "lulu". The final few chapters are still in the back of my brain, in a sucession of little notebooks and on a dozen sheets of paper! At the moment I only seem to get Saturdays to myself, which makes it difficult, and next week Birmingham Royal Ballet are in Sunderland so I doubt I'll get anything done at all, since I'll be at the theatre each night! However, I am doing my best to ensure we have a publication date this spring. I'm determined! Planning an exclusive preview of part of chapter one in a few weeks time: I'll let you know when it's ready!
Best cake? Got to be the piece of Ginger Cake I thought I'd lost!!
No comments:
Post a Comment