Tomorrow morning, in fact.
Very excited. I have never been. Should be fascinating.
Sorry for the low rate of blogging the past few weeks. It coincides with a high rate of writing Ron the Body, so that’s for the good.
All-time best quote from an NZ movie:
“I’m a New Zealand zoo official, and this monkey’s going to Newtown!”
Month: August 2004
The Funniest Thing On The Internet
continues to be the delightful H-blog: bringing up baby and maintaining your sanity all in one tidy package.
“With trills, sweeps, whoops and chirrups, the Bug is exploring the upper register of her voice. Every day she adds another octave to her range. At this rate, one day I’ll be suddenly unable hear her, then will look out the window to see the neighbourhood dogs gathered on our front yard.”
A Little Too Controversial
Sometimes it’s hard to get too upset over a rejection letter. From the commissioning editor for the Doctor Who range at BBC Books:
“While your writing sample and technique were good, the plot is not something we would consider pursuing – by this, I mean that the idea of the support group set up for victims of the Doctor’s actions is a little too ‘controversial to use as the basis of a novel.”
Cowards! Philistines! They are too imbecilic to appreciate my genius!
(Actually they ask me to propose something else. But I’m writing Ron the Body now, so my sad fascination with Doctor Who will have to wait.)