Morning morning morning

[smokingboot]

So. Unable to sleep because all I can think about is this bloody lecture tonight.
Why am I doing it? I can't pimp up my book properly because I still haven't received my copy! After a month's delay, the book has been published and presented at World Fantasy Con in New York City on 2nd November. Meaning a 4 week shipping delay for shipping. Why on earth the publisher couldn't have let us know about this delay earlier is anyone's guess. Getting it out there at the Fantasy con is great, not telling anyone is perhaps counter productive.

But the book's not making me fret too much. I'm scared of the lecture itself. Why did I agree to do this? The book was only the intro. But there's too much information anyway, I have lots to print off and I dare not start, cos I don't want to wake people up with the sound of the printer.

I should make a list of things needed. I hate lists. And I love sleep. Oh sleep sleep, I have a breakfast show, and then a teeny interview for our company newsletter thing - for goodness'sake, what's to say? This is Debbie. She wrote a book. Then I have to get a very particular poster, and then I have to get back here and abuse dear colonel_maxim's generosity by printing out stuff and after that, finding a photocopying place. Then I can sleep before the lecture.

After all, it's really just talking among friends. I'm winding myself up. The key is to stop taking it so seriously. And not making myself a second cup of coffee.

Good morning strange world.

Comments

[ravenrigan.livejournal.com]

Chill. Just relax and be yourself and all will be wonderful.

This is serious advice from someone with 40 years experience of speaking in public.

They can't see your script. They can't see the orotund perfection of the perfect fantasy presentation you are measuring yourself against, and they didn't come to see that anyway.

They came to see the real you, and to hear a few hopefully new ideas amusingly presented.

And you can do THAT in your sleep.

[hybridartifacts.livejournal.com]

I hope it goes fantastically well!

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your kind wishes, the fairies must have heard cos it did OK:-)

[mrtonylee.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You spent too much time being a TV media darlink.

Welcome back to the neurotic world of writing :-)

See you tonight (at some point!)

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

*LOL* It was great to see you there, looking so sharp!

[half-orc.livejournal.com]

Don't be such a silly bint. You love the subject matter and it loves you. Just start off with a loud and sustained fart and you and the audience will relax (they will be imagining you naked up until that point).

Having something to fiddle with or a reason to use your hands is a great way to exorcise those nerves in socially neautral manner. [pet theory 17: This is where the phenomenom of autographs arose.]

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Wise words. I tried to remember them, but couldn't even brew up a fart, I was so nervous. But I paced up and down and that helped. Thanks for making me laugh!

[thru-her-lens.livejournal.com]

I hope it goes really well, I'm sure it will.
*hugs*

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much *big hug back*