‘The Mistress of Nothing’ - review and interview

Writing Neuroses has published a review of the novel, accompanied by an interview with me. Thanks to Kay Sexton for that - it’s an interesting piece (though I would say that wouldn’t I).

The virtual book tour (or VBT, as the Observer called it on Sunday) seems to be going well… it’s hard to assess, at this stage, whether it will have any impact on sales, though my sales ranking on Amazon has moved from a lowly 12,000+ to a less lowly 6,000+... so that must be a good thing.

Had my launch party last week and that went well, though I suffered from the usual party stress - who will come?  will they all hate each other and have a big brawl in the street?  will someone from my past who hates me come along and stand on a chair and shout abuse at me?  will it rain?

Amazingly, none of the above happened.  My daughter was a super-efficient salesperson and sold 25 copies of the book.  We drank Pimms.  Two of my students came and the woman I like to refer to as ‘my oldest friend in London’ was there as well.  All in all, it was not traumatic.  Plus my publisher took me out for supper afterward, which is always a good thing.