This will be short and sweet as I'm still trying to finish off the ACTION book and I still have some writing to do. I think I'm on the final chapter, unless there's some sort of envoi needed. I have the checklists for the weekly, the summer/holiday specials and the annuals all written, but there's a creators index still to do. And then I have to design the whole book. And there's Christmas and New Year in between now and the anniversary in February.
Wish me luck!
There are other distractions, too. For instance, I met up with John Chisnall and George Coates and took a trip down to our local pub. Long-time readers will know they are both Bear Alley authors, as I wrote and published John's book about his days as a motorcycle racer (AND THE WHEELS WENT ROUND) and designed George's book (A Laverda Journey) about his trip by motorcycle around the world. I was involved with this because John (my uncle) was looking for someone to publish his book and the price asked for by vanity presses was enormous. Stupidly, I said I could do it for half the price... and both he and George took me up on it!
Something I learned from our get together is that there's apparently a reel-to-reel tape recording of me reciting Humpty Dumpty at a very young age and mispronouncing "all the klings horses and all the klings men". I'm guessing it was recorded about sixty years ago... so how come I'm hearing about it for the first time now?
We also took an evening off to wander around the village and look at the lights and, as always, there are some magnificent displays, and some a little less magnificent, and a few that look a bit weedy and wouldn't be spotted by a reindeer at 5 feet. There's one house that is just wonderful, with an "ooohh" and "aaaahh" factor that's off the top end of the scale. They light up the street every year and collect money for charity, so hopefully they'll do well again this year.
It's back to the "uh ho" and "AAARGH!" for me. I'm hoping to have the text finished by next week and to have read through it. If there aren't too many tweaks needed, I might be able to get started with designing the book this side of Christmas. Fingers crossed.
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