TEN MILLION, AND COUNTING.....
I've never been very good at sums and although I had a very good relationship with my maths teacher (Mr. Barrett!) - I wasn't allowed to sit my Maths G.C.E because it was accepted that I would fail.
But authors are supposed to keep a tally of the books they've written. For a start, when the numbers accrue, some of those numbers become milestones - like 75, for example - and you get something silver and rather gorgeous, from Tiffany. Yum!
I was sure I'd written 75. So I asked one of our editors if she could find out - and she did. Turns out that I'd actually written 81!
From the very first, back in 1988:
To the one which is out this month:
She also told me that I had sold ten million books - which means more to me than anything which comes in a turquoise box.In fact, it seemed unbelievable. It still does. I might just have to write it down as numbers to see what if that helps...10.000,000No. That really IS unbelievable!So thank you to all you lovely readers who keep buying the books and telling me how much you enjoy them - you're the ones who really count.
But authors are supposed to keep a tally of the books they've written. For a start, when the numbers accrue, some of those numbers become milestones - like 75, for example - and you get something silver and rather gorgeous, from Tiffany. Yum!
I was sure I'd written 75. So I asked one of our editors if she could find out - and she did. Turns out that I'd actually written 81!
From the very first, back in 1988:
To the one which is out this month:
She also told me that I had sold ten million books - which means more to me than anything which comes in a turquoise box.In fact, it seemed unbelievable. It still does. I might just have to write it down as numbers to see what if that helps...10.000,000No. That really IS unbelievable!So thank you to all you lovely readers who keep buying the books and telling me how much you enjoy them - you're the ones who really count.
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