just returned from author talk in torquay at the library. Mark Smith's YA debut novel The Road to Winter has won him much acclaim. I had it signed by Mark to give to my grandson Cooper, hope he likes it. Of course I will have a sneak read before I send it to him as Mark promises that you cannot put the book down. It was interesting listening to Mark, an author with a passion for his craft and he is as excited about it as a kid is about christmas. That passion is infectious and although it is not a novel I am setting out to write, I have no idea what I am doing, probably at great risk of doing nothing at all other than my draft for my childrens book.
No matter, they say it is all about the journey and I am journeying all over the place at the moment. Without Simon to bounce all this stuff off of it seems to have less meaning but hopefully that is temporary. If I ever come to terms with the loss, the pain, the loneliness and sheer heartache to smile again on the inside then let it be a moment I never forget. Brett Whitely was staring at me from the bookshop tables in Torquay so now he is on my table, not that I could afford it really but the inspiration is an investment. So now with 4 new books to read, and those that i picked up at the library I should be kept entertained for some time. But now back to Words with Friends.
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