I came back from a day off trip to look at pianos to a bit of a surprise today. Our ancient piano was condemned by the tuner the other week because a bunch of keys have stopped playing and are only fixable at the cost of more than a replacement instrument. And the Engineer is just starting some new pieces and is finding the absence of random notes rather tiresome. So off we went to inexpertly chose one.
When we got home there were a few posts on my social media to tell me that the ever-enterprising Jonathan Carswell at 10ofthose has started to offer my book on pre-order. And my publisher IVP, are also offering it from their bookshop. I’m still needing to finish my approval of copy edits but there it is, on proper websites, with Ian Mitchell’s great illustration on the front. Ian’s never seen my kitchen but seems to know it surprisingly well, including the design of the chairs, the countless piles of clutter (tax files this week) and the iron left out optimistically in case I am suddenly overcome with a spurt of domesticity.
When I saw this I wondered if IVP had organised it to give me the jolt I need to finish the editing tasks that are waiting in my email inbox. Since I finished all the tax forms this morning, I really have no excuse now. Apart from the lovely sunshine. Have you seen how gorgeous it is out there? I promise I’ll do those edits next week. Honest.
The Vicar's Wife 
Congratulations on your book 🙂
Congratulations! I am so looking forward to reading this! Do you know if there will be a kindle version soon as we live in russia.
Hi Victoria. I’m not sure about a kindle version, but IVP are putting a lot of their books out in e-book form now. I’ll have to check and let you know.
Hi, I just found your blog. A big well done on your book, it sounds like the kind of read I’d like. Mich x
It’s fab! And now it really is going to be real.
looking forward to reading it!
I’ve had the privilege of reading it – and can’t recommend it highly enough!