Helen Rickerby! Congratulations Helen. I'll be in touch to confirm which book you'd like. For those of you who wondered about the selection process – I collected the names of those who had confessed to taking part, and used a version of alectromancy to select the winner. Terribly scientific, I know. What you each voted …
lolly-scramble competition
I know this is a Homer Simpson “Doh!” moment, but I had forgotten that the polls were anonymous. I only know the identity of two of the people who voted in my lolly-scramble competition. So I'm extending the deadline until Monday night NZ time, and appealing for those of you who have entered to leave …
the time for launch is upon us
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 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 Dark Feathered Art 