Blog 17 – Launches , Lunches and Extensions … Paige Turner tells a porky pie on each blog. There is a prize for the first spotted fib except this week there is no porky pie as the prizes are being donated to two special ladies.
It’s all been very busy this last week with the double launch of Patricia Sentinella’s collection, Dear John, Dear Anyone …and Creative Ink Publishing – attended by nearly 50 people at the Fitzwilliams Centre, Beaconsfield. Having taught a class in the morning featuring Agents and Publishing and hopping downstairs to ‘meet and greet’, eat a cheese lunch, read some of Pat’s fine poetry and then washing up all those cups (with the help of the wonderful Jennifer Sherry and Maggie Crosbie who receive a prize) I was so exhausted I had to go and lie down. When we had all finished an hour’s worth of mopping up Mr Justin Case (my husband) noticed that there was a commercial dishwasher which would have done the job in four minutes. Ah, well here’s to the bonding that took place.
Some wonderful comments on Pat’s collection – I can’t put it down, Has that certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ which marks her out as a professional, You have a winner on your hands and Inspiring and thought provoking. Let’s hope Pat’s book is the first of many winners for Creative Ink Publishing.
After I lay down, Our Best Man took us out for a Chinese at the lovely Jasmine restaurant where our friends and family always have a few vinos and good cry about dearly departed dead dogs and so forth. Jean Leung is one of the most amazingly hospitable proprietors I have ever met. I digress. On our return, my former ‘A’ level English teacher phoned to say that she would be at my old school’s Centenary Exhibition in July. I was full of the Launch and Mongolian chicken, of course and she said, “Oh, Janet, you are having a career extension”. Well, I don’t know about that, but we’re certainly extending our kitchen – so more talk about that in weeks to come …
That would have been a good ending to Blog 17 except yesterday I was Googling myself – it’s a habit of mine – and quite suddenly I discovered I was on Twitter. Miss Connect must have done it as she was one of my four followers – all of whom I know. Maybe my career really is extending. Mr Justin Case hopes it will extend as far as helping with the kitchen renovations.
Last week’s porky pie was that the young man in Saroyan’s play was never going to serve a long sentence – he was going to get lynched. Okay, I’ll make the fibs easier to spot but please – more ‘Dear Johns’ to creativeinkpublishing@gmail.com Had some great pieces in. Mr Justin Case and I spend our evenings reading them.
I am very excited to be mentioned in your blog, a first, as I’ve never been mentioned in anyone’s blog before. It was my pleasure to help out, it was a fab launch and I’m proud to know you both. Love Maggie x
Great launch followed by a great late lunch – how so like the heady world of publishing is that? You have arrived! I think you should have called the washing-up a ‘debrief with dirty dishes’. When you get the kitchen extension sorted you can invite us all around for a ‘literary lunch and a debrief’. And congrats again to you and Patricia on the book – the first of many, I hope.
The launch was wonderful – just the right amount of informality but information, and the contrast between your voice and Pat’s was very effective.
I’ve now had chance to read Pat’s book and with no hesitation give it 5 stars! Wish to pre-book the sequel.
Any chance we can use said dishwasher on Tuesday mornings? Or at least encourage them to get some proper washing up liquid.