under another sun

Something of a curates egg today. Got in touch with the lovely Rosie this morning, and arranged to go to The Book Nook with her this afternoon. However, she was on the phone to them, and the first question they asked was what publishing house was it produced by. Which is the project's Achilles heel, jabbed first jab. To the gym this morning, and in the afternoon off to Brighton's premiere Children's bookshop. A bit awkward as I am a leprous self published author, and they won't stock those books. The very nice woman there called Vanessa was flailing around to help me by suggesting things like looking on Google and buying the Writers and Artists Yearbook, despite telling her I have, actually, had lots of other stuff published. I went there with the intention of leaving them a copy and I accomplished this. It was good to talk to them. A letter from my accountant letting me know about a smidge more tax to pay by the end of the month. Luckily not too much, but given tha...

Up fairly early, for a Saturday, Lorraine off to get her hair cut in Hove. And I met her afterwards, having arrived early hanging out in a cafe and listening to an audiobook of Plain Tales from the Hills , having seen a documentary on Kipling and what he was doing when he wrote these stories. Met Lorraine, and we went to an award winning Children's bookshop in Hove, called The Book Nook, which was full of inspiring children's books and smelled pleasantly of toast, as there were coffees and snacks on sale. The woman who was working there very knowledgeable, and Lorraine asking her advice and buying books for her school. I looked at what I call high concept books (e.g. a book which calls itself The Book With No Pictures)  and read some of the poetry books. It did take me back to the sheer excitement I felt as a kid, going to Smiths in Swiss Cottage, armed with Christmas or Birthday  book tokens and buying books. Then, after a stroll into Cameron Contemporary Art shop, w...