Althorp Lit Fest/work in progress

After all the nerves and stage fright like you wouldn't believe, Sunday 8th Oct dawned warm and clear. On arrival at Althorp we were taken to the library - surely the most beautiful 'green-room' anywhere - with its thousands of first editions. Althorp has long-standing literary connections. Lovely Bernie Keith - radio star and interviewer for my event arrived. After a brief chat it was out to the marquee and hundreds of Magic Kitten/Magic Puppy fans. I needn't have worried - the parents and young readers were fabulous. The interactive audience wolf calls during my reading of Cloud Capers could have been heard in London! Fabulous. Bernie was as quick-witted and hilarious as he is on his radio show and the time flew by. Waterstones even sold out of all my books for younger readers before the event. I also sold lots of copies of We Other - my first YA novel. You can read an extract from it here. http://publishingpush.com/blog/the-ot...
So proud to sign a copy of We Other for Lord Spencer. He kindly gave me a copy of his newest book To Catch a King - which I'm looking forward to reading, as history is a passion of mine. Also loved meeting fellow authors, Louise Jenson. Jane Isaac, Revd Richard Cole - Northampton has so many talented writers. Kate Williams's event - was a great opportunity to soak up more fabulous history, which Kate really brings alive with lots of fine detail. All in all a simply magical festival, in the most amazing setting and we couldn't have been made more welcome by Lord Spencer and all involved.
Coming down from cloud nine into the real world I'm now reading through my hard copy of Second Skin with red editing pen in one hand and cup of tea in the other. Hoping to get on with making PC edits soon, and completing a top copy. Also making notes for my NanoWrimo book. I have ideas, sketchy characters, sort of a plot. It's coming together. Just have to fill it all out and do some research before the get-go on 1st November. Working title is Digging Deeper. Hoping to design a cover and post it on the site soonish. Somewhere in all this there should be time to eat, read and write content for my website update...
Good luck with your preps fellow Nanowrimo-ers in Northampton/Milton Keynes area. Hope to connect with some of you on the facebook site and in person/at events. Also you can follow me on https://facebook.com/suebentleyauthor https://twitter.com/suebentleywords

Have a great weekend everyone