Five, four, three, two...

Well here I sit at 7am, wearing the sweatshirt featuring animals in hats and ties, writing a blog before I’ve even had a sip of tea. It must be launch week then.

Thankfully, I’ve absolutely no time to scale the rock-face of mounting anxiety and self-doubt because I am so busy. Except for a brief thank you lunch with a friend I haven’t eaten sitting down in about a week and half. Instead, food is shoved into my gob and I power-walk through London, thumb frantically scurrying across my phone’s screen. 

I’m not complaining though, I’m am excited and so grateful that this week my book will be published. Far more excited than I might have been had I had time to indulge in my usual I Am Scared athletics, Besides, nice exciting things are happening:

Thursday - Tony Hogan was Foyles Web Editor, Jonathan Ruppin, pick of July. Jonathan knows his book onions and I am There’s also an interview I did for Foyles up on the website.

Saturday - My interview with Rosemary Goring, Literary Editor of The Herald Scotland, was published. It was such a huge pleasure meeting her and the resulting interview (the first I did) probably speaks volumes for how much I enjoyed it and how at ease Rosemary made me. Sashaying writers own.

Sunday - My friend and I spent the day putting up posters and thrusting flyers into people’s hands advertising my Tony Hogan Read-a-thon Launch at the Stoke Newington Bookshop on Thursday 5th July from 10.30-5.30pm.  It’s free, there will be tea and cake and words. If you’re about you should definitely come.  

Monday - I get to see the final cut of my book trailer made my the hugely talented Wuese at MoshBreakBoogie Productions. She’s done an incredible job…I can’t wait to show it to you all…I also got a lovely review from Lisa at Between the Lines. Have a gander.  

Right, now I’m going to sit (sit!) and eat a bowl of porridge, think about putting a brush through my hair, changing my animal sweatshirt for something more office appropriate and heading off to the money job. Go, go, GO!

I leave you with a picture of my dream hat…just look at that. Look.