Book Launch

I'd like to thank all the people who came to the book launch last night. Everybody was so kind to us and made it an enjoyable night to remember.

THANK YOU!

Self Promotion-ish

For those of you who are observant you will have noticed that I have put a link on the side bar to Amazon where my book is for sale. Well it is for sale but at the moment unavailable. It appears to be available at The Book Depository though they do say it was first published in 1970 which did come as a bit of a shock! I notified them of their error and they seem happy to ignore me.

Anyway I'm in the process of getting ready for the launch tomorrow night. I've noted all the emergency exits for a speedy getaway and found a couple of great hiding places. So to those of you coming tomorrow I'm looking forward to seeing you there, that is if you can find me.

I've selected a few words at random from my speech just as a small taster; buy My book it's Good!

Mixed bag sort of day.

The day started well as my book was delivered at 7:45 this morning. It nearly wasn't as I didn't hear the door knock but was lucky enough to see the card the courier had left on the mat and chase him up the street. Chase him barefoot, kicking rubbish everywhere (it's bin day!) and blocking his departure until he handed over the box. So now I have the book in time for the launch on Monday. You can't buy it anywhere yet, that is unless you buy it from me and I've got a front room full of them!

It went a bit sour after that as I had a trip to the doctors. I've been referred to dermatology again and it's looking more likely that they are going to cut more chunks off my face. People make sure you wear your hats and sunscreen!

Then as lunch was approaching I was off to do something I wasn't looking forward too. Something I'd regretted agreeing to do ever since, in a moment of madness I agreed to do. I was being interviewed on local radio. Conversation is not really my strong point and talking about myself would come a close second. The interviewer hadn't arrived at the agreed time so I gave him 30 seconds grace and then I was going home, damn if he didn't get there with 2 seconds to spare. So I did it, I sweated and grunted my way through 60 minutes of torture. I got bitten by a dog at work yesterday and I'm not sure what was more painful. I think it fair to say I will not be listening when they air it on Tuesday night.

That is far too much excitement for one day. I wonder if, when I pick #3 son up from school in a minute, I could convince him that we should lay down and have a nap? Probably not!

Update?

I got an email from my publisher; "...the 'proof' is out at the printers, which doesn't mean its through the woods yet, but at the last stage towards being available to the print by the printers. Will keep you posted, and hope a back up plan will not be needed..."


Seven days left and counting!!

I just had to share this...

A woman takes a lover home during the day while her husband is at work.
Her 9 year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them, and hides in the bedroom cupboard to watch.

Just after getting into bed the woman's husband also comes home. She puts her lover in the cupboard, not realising that the little boy is in there already. After a little while the little boy says, 'Dark in here.'
The man, who obviously got a real fright not expecting to hear anything let alone from a little boy says, 'Yes, it is.'
Boy - 'I have a football.'
Man - 'That's nice.'
Boy - 'Want to buy it?'
Man - 'No, thanks.'

Boy - 'My dad's outside.'
Man - 'OK, how much?'
Boy - '£250'

In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the lover are in the cupboard together.
Boy - 'Dark in here.'
Man - 'Yes, it is.'
Boy - 'I have football boots.'
The lover, remembering the last time, asks the boy, 'Ok how much this time ?'
Boy - '£350'

Man - 'Sold.'
A few days later, the boys' father says to the boy, 'Grab your boots and football, let's go outside and have a game of soccer.
The boy says, 'I can't, I sold my ball and boots.' The father asks, 'How much did you sell them for?'
Boy - 'To a friend of mine for a £600.'
The father says, 'That's a terrible thing overcharging your friend like that.
'That's four times what they cost when they were new, I'm going to take you to church and make you confess your terrible sin.'
They go to the church and the father makes the little boy sit in the confession booth and he closes the door.
The boy says, 'Dark in here'.
The priest says, 'Don't start that shit again you little prick, you're in my f...ing cupboard now'!!

Reasons to be cheerful part 3

I got an email from my publisher today. Hark at me getting all Gwyneth Paltrow "I got an email from my publisher..." and my agent called this morning, well the Betterware lady put a catalogue through and that amounts to the same thing I think. Anyway back to my publisher; he says the book has gone to the printers and he's pulling out all the stops to get it to me in time for the book launch. He also suggested that I have a back up plan in case it doesn't. Back up plan? My book was my back up plan! Anyway I've had the day off and have been working on a back up plan so as not to disappoint anyone.

Has anyone seen my suitcase?

Reasons to be cheerful part 2

Still no book and not a sniff on the horizon (not really been one for sniffing the horizon but have a cold and seem to be constantly sniffing at the moment). But, another review, this one from the nice people at Bluecrome Publishing on their Bluecrome Reveiw Blog. Click on the link if you want to read nice things about the book like; "It is of Christopher I King's debut novel 'motorbikes, ducks and crispy sweet apples', which is really rather proper good."

I'd like to thank Bluecrome for reading the book and writing the review, thanks!

I'm just sitting here for a while until my head stops swelling and I can leave the room.