The State of the Beast

There are no more copies of the Beast for sale in the whole of Australia. The distributor quite possibly didn't bring in quite enough from the UK and they all sold out tonight. Every last one of them. There were over 80 people at the launch and I assumed they were there for the food. Mostly, though, they were there to ask me questions. Enough were there to buy the book that the shop has taken orders and will get in more. Presumably the distributor has already ordered more, given that all the copies they ordered for the whole country have already sold.

Colour me amused. Also tired and a bit overwhelmed.

Note: I made jokes about a saint's underwear. Honestly, I can't be relied upon for good taste. I also made jokes about mezuzot, decorous makeup and other things. About the only sign of good sense I showed was when i left the adults-only pilgrim ornament for people to investigate at their leisure, rather than showing it to everyone. I feel so terribly proper!