Comments on: First event of Aussie tour completed!

By: Joey (in SF Bay Area)

Joey (in SF Bay Area) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:04:48 +0000

Yay for the successful Aussie tour!

But another “Joey” – how can that be? LOL!

I liked the first cover of HTDYF, but must admit I LOVE the hammer.

By: Justine

Justine — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:24:38 +0000

Marty: The official publication date of HTDYF is today so it probably hasn’t reached most stores yet.

By: marty

marty — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:16:45 +0000

Aww, it dropped the strikethrough formatting, even though it worked in the preview. Oh well.

By: marty

marty — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:14:15 +0000

I couldn’t find your book in a Dymocks.. Dymocks’s… Dymock’s.. bookstore here in the Adelaide suburbs which was annoying. I’m hoping I’ll find one in the city.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:40:18 +0000

I’m glad it went well. We’re looking forward to seeing you tonight at North Melbourne Library!

By: Justine

Justine — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:53:48 +0000

Sarah: Somehow my response to you got eaten or something. It was just me wishing you luck and thanking you for attending the event. Good luck!

By: Justine

Justine — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:54:15 +0000

Glenn: It’s very dry here. The grass is dead and there is a haze in the air. It’s a little bit eerie. And it’s hard not to think about the bush fires.

You are stronger than I am. I still haven’t managed to turn off IM, let alone create a profile such as you describe.

Joey-la: You know if my parents had had a microwave when I was little I hope that I would have been resourceful enough to stick a barbie doll in it. Alas they did not have one so I will never know.

Did the microwave survive the barbie doll?

Taran: Wow, you must have a long ride home or be a really fast reader! So pleased you liked HTDYF!

By: Taran

Taran — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:46:12 +0000

bonjour, mon ami!
you and simmone were quite inspiring.
it was wonderful.
one might even say trippy.
one might also say that i enjoyed it very much indeed, and upon purchasing your book, proceeded to read it on the train ride home. lemme just say, hasjhsdf! it was brilliant!

By: Sarah Billington

Sarah Billington — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:14:55 +0000

Hi Justine,

I am a budding writer, playing the waiting game as to whether my first “by Sarah Billington” book is to be published, and I was at your event today. I love listening to how other writers do it, and the journeys they’ve been through, and also seeing how they relate to their readership. You and Simmone were vastly entertaining today as well as being informative and insightful. If I get my work published – scratch that, when, WHEN! – I’ll remember today and try and mimic your candor WHEN it’s me up on the stage. Eep.
Thanks for a fun afternoon. Shame I had to dash off afterwards.
Sarah

By: Joey-la

Joey-la — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:24:48 +0000

Hi Justine,
don’t worry about talking too much, you did really well, it was great!
Thank you so much for coming to Melbourne,

Also, I forgot to ask, I was wondering, when you were a kid, did you ever try putting a barbie in the microwave? I did at my friends party, and she hit the edges of the microwave and started sparking! hehe
- Joey

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:53:33 +0000

Congrats on the successful evening, hope it isn’t too smoky down there.

In regards to the distractions I think setting up a “writing profile” on a computer is a must. My writing profile has a clean desktop, no email configured, DEFINITLY no IMs, no shortcuts to games or anything else. Only Word, iTunes and internet explorer which is configured to have dictionary.com and thesaurous.com as the homepages. Still a possible distraction with IE running, but I needs the webs to help me spells and work out different words for same same stuffs…

Oh and links to favourite blogs, MAJOR distraction (dammit).