Daynote - Wed 24th July 2024

Well, it's taken me two days to recover from a very full weekend at the Harrogate Crime Writing festival. It was incredibly hot on the Friday and most of Saturday and I am not, as a rule, equipped for the heat. But I had a fantastic time, even if it's taken me a couple of days to recover. I'll write more about it in my newsletter, but the above picture (filched from Twitter) with Adam and Harry is indicative of the general vibe. A lot of chatting, a lot of standing around and some really great panels. And I got to meet a ton of people in person for the first time. It was wonderful.

Quick reminder too, with fifty days (!) to go until the book comes out - you can request it on NetGalley if you're a reviewer.

ON DECK: Back to Ridealong this morning. I got up late, so it was a short session of 385 words, but that's 385 words I didn't have yesterday. Back in the day, I used to beat myself up about low word count days, until I realised that was counterproductive. These days any day with words is a win and weekends off is a bigger win. I also got an article written over the weekend that I was asked to do a few weeks back, which I'm glad to have finished.

LISTENING: I was mainly vibing to the latest Hypnagogue podcast this morning.

WATCHING: Honestly I've watched nothing except a few Youtube videos since getting back from Harrogate. Partly because I've been doing some big DIY and garden jobs in the evening and enjoying the warmer, drier evenings, partly because my wife is away visiting family in the US and we watch most things together. But there's a load of stuff I'm looking forward to digging into.

READING: Still working on THERE IS NO ANTI-MEMETICS DIVISION, and it's getting extremely weird. What a fantastic book.

UP NEXT: Looking unlikely I'll finish Ridealong this week, but I will be trying to get back to my proper morning routine and get a full 90 minutes tomorrow and Friday. Then next week, back onto outlining.