Tv3 very kindly allowed me onto the programme this morning to talk about Blood Money. I’ll leave the link here and you can take a look at your lesiure. Anyone else hate hearing your voice on camera? Yikes.

After the book launch on Thursday  I thought things might slow down some, but no, no and thrice no.  As well as floundering under the yoke of re-writes and the new novel, I am trying my best to be available for all and every piece of publicity that comes my way, not my natural state I must say, but so necessary. The window of publicity for a new book is very small, it would be daft to waste it.

On Thursday ...

I wil post up photos shortly of the book launch for Blood Money, but before I get all technical I just want to say a hearty thank you to everyone for coming last night. You have made me very happy and I heart the lot of you.

It’s two days away from the book launch for Blood Money and I am inexplicably anxious. ( my speech is still only an idea, do I need a speech? What if no one comes? Why didn’t I buy shoes?) I was rattling so much earlier that Andrew took me for a pint to ‘medicate’ my nerves. What’s wrong? he wanted to know.

Damned if I had a good answer. I suppose it’s fear, fear of failure, fear of making a wally ...