9:43 am 9:43 am

Self Obsession

By |2016-12-31T02:17:37+00:00September 19th, 2007|Author readings, Self promotion|0 Comments

I'm definitely becoming self obsessed. I can't seem to stop googling myself to see if anything else pops up. It's like a sickness and I can't seem to find a cure. I have to at least google my name a minimum of six times a day, just in case I missed something the previous times I gazed glassy eyed at my monitor. Now I'm working on a system to gradually wean myself away from reviews and anything Imagine This related. It is hard, but I know I can survive. Already I'm beginning to feel the sharp withdrawal pains, but I shall resist.Maybe this is a mistake, instead of going cold turkey I should just cut the hours spent looking for myself in cyberspace down. On the other hand, if I hadn't been obsessively looking for a mention of my name, I would never have found this. You're no doubt wondering [...]

3:38 pm 3:38 pm

I’m nobody

By |2016-12-31T02:17:37+00:00September 7th, 2007|Author readings|0 Comments

I've been well and truly put in my place, how dare I try and extort a fee out of Lambeth libraries when I'm a nobody. Gosh, what is the world coming to when the likes of me are demanding to be paid for a service provided. YIKES. Get back under the stone from whence you crawled.DearSorry for not contacting you before, but I have been on annual leave and have only just returned. I am afraid we do not have any funds to pay you for events and as a result would not be able to go ahead. From the original email you sent to Tim and myself I was under the impression that you wanted to promote your book as a new author and as a goodwill gesture I offered you the opportunity to sell your books at the events.Normally we will pay up to 200.00 for established authors [...]

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