Launch Day is here! Thank you to the people who added their votes to the Poetry Day polls. But I made a booboo – as Catherine reminded me, polls are anonymous. So could those who want to be in the draw for a book also leave a comment please (even if it's just "entry!") so …
launches, laureates and lolly scrambles
One day to the launch, and a catastrophe here at home has put my kvetching about launch stress back into perspective. Poetry is important, and the launch of my first book is important. But any launch problems will pass and be forgotten quickly enough. A decent number of the people I love will be there …
Launch Day minus 2 …
Two days out from Launch Day, and I've started obsessively checking the Metservice website for weather forecasts for Christchurch on Poetry Day. (Not looking great at the moment (southerlies, some rain). Mind you, given their usual level of accuracy, a bad forecast now should make me feel comforted …) Thanks to everyone who has RSVP-ed. Seating …
Launch week (eek!)
Ok, I've started having Launch Stress Dreams. I'm legendary for this sort of thing – it's like my brain works through every possible permutation of what can, may, will, almost certainly won't, should and/or is incredibly-unlikely-unless-we-break-through-into-another-space/time-continuum happen. Seriously. I think I can discard the “room turning into a disco danceoff session, with John Travolta naked” …
a box of books
One more little milestone to tick off – my box of official author's copies arrived today! Now it's all beginning to feel really real. The next tick will come when I see a copy in a bookshop somewhere … Ten days to go until the launch. If you plan to come but haven't yet said so, …
A Dark Feathered Art 