Well, I'm at my first book signing and so I suppose 'Someday Maybe' is off the starting line, though so far no one has come near my table in the window.  The librarians have been extremely kind and have provided me with an excellent spot and a lovely cup of coffee, but there seem to be very few people in the library today. Half term, perhaps?  Most of those who are coming in are mums with small toddlers, looking for DVDs or going upstairs to hunt for picture books. Several passers by have stopped to study the poster in the window and the big 'A' Board advertising my event, but  then they have all - well, passed by - afterwards, up or down the street.

Oops! Look out! One of them is coming in. She looks like a nice lady and she is definitely coming over here. She has picked up a book. Quick. "Hello!"

 

 

 

Another woman is coming. We have lift-off! Hurray!

More rain and plenty of distraction going on today. Much of the village is now pretty well underwater, though our cottage is still ok so far. The Navy have now blocked the river as it flows into Winchester where it has broken its banks. Means an increased back-up in the surrounding villages is more likely. Good oh!

Well, we are still holding up floodwise, though some of the cottages in the village are pumping frantically and the roads and fields and gardens are awash.  Do hope to see you at my booksigning in Alresford Library on the morning of the 22nd if you are managing to keep dry too and you can make it!

Sorry that I am quiet at the moment, but I have my head down working on my latest book.  My second one is due to come out in the Spring and I am hoping to follow it with with a sequel to 'Someday, Maybe'.  At the moment, other characters have started breaking their way in and I like them, so we shall have to see!

rain, rain...

Well, it's raining again - though with so many people suffering from flooding, we really have nothing to complain about, other than wet clothes and feet and a muddy carpet.

As it is so wet today, I am going to spend some of my time struggling  again with coming to terms with some of the social networking sites. I say, 'struggling', because it's not just that it's all an alien world to me, but also that the task involves practicing extreme patience. Our broadband service is so slow - less that 0.5 mega- whatsits - that it can take half an hour to get onto the net and another fifteen or  twenty minutes just to move onto another page. We have just learned, too, that, although we were all promised Superfast Broadband in the next year or two in this area,  10% of the patch won't get it. Guess who?

Why is there so much official insistence on doing things on line? Not all of us have the facility, even if we have the will or inclination. Something needs to be done!

Christmas coming up...

It seems all right today, so I shall carry on here for the time being. I've been scurrying  round this morning, if you can scurry, that is,  when hobbling with a stick! To the surgery for monthly blood tests first, then to my beloved little library (Alresford's staff are wonderful and I am to have a book signing there in the New Year) and on to search for a few more Christmas presents. We shall be going up to London this time - it's only the second time in over 50 years that we have spent away from home. Our youngest grandchild is in the National Theatre's production of 'Emil and the Detectives' which we will be seeing on Boxing Day. Her parents are both actors, and both she and her older sister  are  set on following in their footsteps.

Well now, today's other task is to get a hot cushion and get down to doing at least  a bit more on my work-in-progress,  my next-but-one book, before de-thawing myself in the kitchen whilst preparing something for supper.  We are going out this evening to a carol singing fund-raiser for the village church, which should be lovely.

Hurray!

Happy today because my novel 'Someday, Maybe' is out!!! Do read it.

 

 

I may have to start a new blog somewhere. If I do, I'll post it here and on Twitter. When I click on 'next blog' it has started producing some inappropriate web pages that have nothing to do with me.