The rest of Thursday
So. Thursday was busy. I had lunch with Miriam, who really liked the new book, so that was a good start. I'll have a few revisions to do when I get home but then we'll start the submission process with it. Yay! Go weirdo witchy demon techno book. We talked books and...
The first day part two and the second day part one
Last night was the literacy signing which was big and loud...one thousand odd women in one room is always noisy. I often wonder what the men there think : ) I managed to find some friends and strangely enough, buy some books. All good. After that I had drinks and...
The first day
I'm at the Marriott now, all checked in and settled. Luckily the hotel gods were smiling on me and there was a room ready as soon as I arrived around ten-ish. So I am well ensconced. You can even open the window which I love in hotels...too much air con is never a...
Another 48 hours
Yesterday I shopped. Oh boy, did I shop. This place is dangerous for an aussie with a good exchange rate and a credit card : ) San Francisco, my wardrobe thanks you, my visa bill does not. Then to halt the shopping process, I went out to Oakland to visit my friend...
If you’re going to San Francisco
Be sure to pack warm clothes even if it's summer! It's currently 12 degrees here (Celsius, that is). According to the age website, Melbourne is warmer! That's all wrong. It was lovely and warm Saturday when I got here but yesterday and today are cloudy and cool....
Leaving
Well, I've made it from Melbourne to Sydney with no (knocking all available wooden services) delays or fogs or strikes to slow things down. My flight leaves in about an hour so the next time you hear from me, I'll be in sunny (though not overly warm if the forecasts...
The flow
Turns out Mamma Mia is still fabulous. And still hilarious. And still makes me want to run away to a Greek Island and dance along a pier with my best friends and possibly Pierce Brosnan and/or Colin Firth. Le sigh. As day one of a holiday goes, today has been pretty...
Making a list
I AM ON VACATION!!!!! UNTIL SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!!!! Also, I leave for SF Saturday morning, so I'm sitting here working out what I have to do today and tomorrow with plenty of time for naps, writing and, finally, Mamma Mia again. I've done most of my travel...
No rest for the wicked
Usually the girls give (or demand) a bit of down time between books but for the last little while this one's been prowling around my head and the heroine hasn't been all that happy about being told to wait and kept right on whispering in my ear. So I guess I'll be...
Update the second (aka Numfar do the dance of joy)
Done! All done! Every last bit. Done, done, done. But hopefully not like a dog's dinner. And it's come in at 396 pages which is about spot on! Yay! And possibly la la la!! A final read through tomorrow for a last typo hunt and then it's off to Miriam. Which might...
