Today...

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Date: 25 October 2006 13:24:35

Well, maybe aaargh needs a little bit of explanation.

Feeling a little nervous, not so much but certainly on edge a slight bit, which is a little odd (as friends keep reminding me) because I've certainly spoken to more people and spoken in larger venues... I think, if I tried to examine it carefully, that the on edginess comes from the fact that I'm enjoying the being a writer bit, it's now one of my favourite forms of art, yet I still feel a little fraudulent when it comes to actually saying that I am a writer... I know I can draw and design, so I can kind of talk or teach about that without really feeling the pressure, writing is a funny gig to speak on because the opportunites to sound like a prat or an egotist are just too big to avoid sometimes. "As I said in my second book..." and all that.

Anyhow, four point five hours to go, kids are making a merry noise downstairs (our two and two we've borrowed), spent the morning moving the big book from Ottakar's (yes I know, don't go there) to the Guildhall and then picked up some anime dvd's to use when I'm teaching tomorrow... Then took son boy to a book reading thing (he was excellent, which aways makes me want to cry with relief as much as anything) and then taking daughter to see Phillip Ardagh later. Then a meeting with a sign language interpretor who's going to help out tonight and then that's where the fun begins...

Aaaargh still, but heartbeat's back to normal pace at least. If you have the time and can spare a prayer then I'd appreciate numerous miracles for tonight (me speaking clearly, people finding something of interest in my blather, people arriving etc etc and a good nights sleep thereafter.)