TARNISHED publication day!
It’s a funny old business, publication day. Particularly when it’s your third book and you’re writing a fourth, and the deadline is looming.
For your first novel you go out and have a long, boozy lunch, ‘possibly’ followed by an ill-advised walk along the seafront. Your second might see you nipping out to the pub and perhaps sharing a bottle or two of champagne in the evening with a couple of mates.… read more