A good night in Luton. Big, friendly, interested crowd, mostly from bookgroups who had read my book, so lots to talk about. And of mixed ages...
Right now I am doing my taxes. It's kind of like being dead, but more boring, and not lying down.
Employee gets laid off due to extreme body odor: ‘I genuinely felt bad for
him. He had only just started the job and hadn’t really had the chance to
show what he could contribute. You could tell he felt embarrassed and
ashamed’
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To pass the smell test
I felt really identified with this story because I've had to deal with this
issue multiple times in my life. I don't mean with my bo...
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Definitely worse than death. But you could lie down, theoretically. And consuming gin is positively encouraged.
This year, I gave my tax return away to a freakishly small footed man called Jean-Luc. I don't imagine for a minute he is going to do them legally, but I just can't bring myself to care.
At you Luton talk, you said you'd been told that books with "...ing" in the title didn't generally do well. I could only think (facetiously) on the night of books with "ring(s)" in the title. However, set my school librarian friend on it and she came up with Janet Street Porter's latest - see Amazon. Then I thought, why not search Amazon and there are a few though I don't know if they're best sellers. The best is "Waging Spiritual Warfare" by Richard Ing! Spooky or what?
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