umbrella books

Only a small amount of time on proof-reading the book today – but I have now got an image (the book cover) for postcards. Maybe tomorrow will be more constructive.

Completely different kind of day from yesterday; no one rings and no one comes round. I spend it correcting proofs and trying to sort out the footnotes some of which I seem to have got wrong by one number which of course makes all of them wrong. Ring the wholesalers Bertrams and Gardners to tell … Read more

I’ve already thought of the subjects for my YouTube videos – but I start to think about the actual content. Rupert, who’s making them for me, has suggested that it will be best to make about 6 short films. I think the idea is to put them up over a period of weeks. Help I’ve … Read more

The proofs have arrived from Antony, the designer. I print them out – 260 pages. So this is what the book will look like. I can’t believe its already got to this stage. I started thinking about this book about 12 years ago and suddenly its all coming together. A panicky moment when I think … Read more

I get a bus to the West End to meet Steph who is going to advise me about publicity. After two hours of drinking coffee – my head is reeling with ideas. As I work on my own its incredibly nice to have someone else to bounce ideas off and between us we come up … Read more