No, I have just returned from the fabulous Festival of Romance in Bedford, where, along with other luminaries, I was shortlisted for a Readers' Award! Sadly, for my shoes were things of devastating beauty, I did not win - the award was, in fact, picked up by the wonderful Liz Fenwick, ( so luminous that one could barely see her, I, for one, had to squint, for she glowed like a Tilley Lamp on a damp Wednesday). But I seriously did not mind not winning, because everybody is so lovely that it's almost a shame that we can't have one of those legendary 'school sports day' award ceremonies where everybody gets a lolly for just turning up. Only without the 'egg and spoon' element. I feel that making authors run around with an egg on a teaspoon may just demean the art a touch. Giving them each a lolly would not, however, demean them at all, it may just mean small fights and tears over the lime flavoured ones.
In other news, in attempts to bypass whatever bug Blogger seems to have picked up and firmly attached to this blog of mine (and I shall be e mailing them some more of my very sharpest words very shortly), I have taken the verification code off the blog, and am therefore snowed under with Anonymous e mails via the comments section, where a large number of readers attempt to sell me Viagra or transsexual porn.
Note to all bots reading this. I don't need either of these things. Thank you. But, you know, because I'm British and everything, I feel duty bound to thank you for your interest in my sex life.
And here, if everything allows, is a picture of the line up for the Readers Award for Fiction...
If you'd like to leave a comment, please do, but don't try to sell me any more Viagra, I can't close the cupboard any more and it keeps falling out. I'm worried that the cats might have eaten it... they've been outside for four days now...
3 comments:
No Viagra- promise!!!
Love the shot from the FoR - what a lineup of talent! personally, I would have voted for all of you - you are allowed to vote that many times aren't you? I am sure I did at the last general election :-)
OK..what are you doing? I use blogger, have no verification code...and accept comments ..BUT they come to me first. I delete all anon ones unread...
Thank you, Janet, we are all entirely worthy of your vote. Mostly. I have the odd day when I'm not worth much but, at present, yes, I would gladly accept.
And Carol - yes, the comments were coming to my g-mail account not directly to my Blog. And that was bad enough. I may have broken a world record for my 'subject' line...
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