Routine

Now, I am a full-time publisher and author. It's not how I pictured it. I don't wear tweed and hang out with Bohemian types in pavement restaurants smoking a cheroot, drinking espresso. It's all a bit more prosaic than that. I still get up early each morning for the thought of wasting time, especially when making Hobart Books a success is so important to me, is abhorrent.

When I started out, over a quarter of a century before, I never pictured myself doing this: assessing manuscripts, proofreading, editing, publicising. The world has changed greatly since then of course. For one thing, the internet is a massive influence in our lives and I can write this and make it available for you to read in mere moments.

Well, onwards and sideways.