HELLO! One is back after some seven weeks. SEVEN WEEKS! I can't believe it's been that long. Is there anyone that still bothers to pass by these parts? Tumble weed? Mmmm. Got to agree there's not been a whole lot going on except I've had my head down doing book number 3, and was there anything else to report?
Ah, that's it, I remember now, I have a certain date for a certain release of a certain debut novel. 26th September 2008 sees, at last, my first novel hit the shelves. Fat Tuesday is finally going to get aired and I can't wait. I said at the start of the year I'd use this blog to tell you what it's like getting published, good and bad, ups and downs, the whole 11-yards.
The disappointment of it not coming out in February is a distant memory and here we are a matter of 8 weeks away. I met with paperbook publishers yesterday down in London to go over promotional ideas and was buzzing when I left. So much so, after missing my first scheduled train I decided to hit a bar along from King's Cross to celebrate my good news. To cut a long one short, instead of arriving back in Newcastle at 5.15, I got back at one a.m, absolutely plastered and matted to a seat fast asleep. The only saving grace was the train terminated in Newcastle and not Edinburgh.
May I also take a little opportunity to congratulate my good friend and fellow paperbooks' author Paul Burman on the imminent release of his debut novel, out on 30th August 2008. Glasses up Paul, all the best, mate.
