For reasons that seemed logical at the time, Claire declared that British Summer Time had begun today. Consequently this bottle was opened at what otherwise would have been a quarter past five. I had half a glass and Claire had a whole one. It was all because we ate ridiculously early in preparation for Bradford Music Club - which began at 7 p.m. Madeleine, David and I played the Beethoven Trio again. This time I did not get lost, but I came away disappointed. There was nothing specifically wrong with the performance, but it felt leaden. I missed my very first note, which musically did not matter but it altered my whole attitude. Immediately my mouth dried and I spent the entire time just playing notes trying to get to the end, without concentrating on the music. So, a frustrating experience. And it required a decent quantity of crab apple wine in a short space of time to make things better. Hey ho.
Oh, entirely unrelated to this wine, and because I am a show off ("No, really?" I hear you cry), click this link here for a lovely review of my book. I understand it is available on Amazon.
Indeed it is a great review Ben. I read your book and really enjoyed it, especially the great anecdotes.
ReplyDeleteHow do us 'authors' get our books reviewed in the posh Sunday newspapers? I think they only like authors who have been to Oxford or published by somebody who went there?
Didn't you say one that there use to be Vineyards in Northumberland Ben?
I suspect that getting reviewed in the Sundays requires either a pushy publisher or a pushy agent and neither of us have either. I don't actually think it has anything to do with Oxbridge connections - though any connection would not hurt.
ReplyDeleteThere did, indeed, used to be vinyards in Northumberland - in the thirteenth century, before the mini-Ice Age struck.
I'm still waiting for our Good Life Press blogs to come back on-line. It is frustrating that this other blog doesn't work, because I used that for 'whatever I happen to be thinking about' postings rather than 'what I did today when I drank this bottle of wine' positing.
There are millions of books on Amazon and I wonder how many books are never even viewed. Saying that. I seem to choose most of my new books browsing Amazon. There should be more shop windows for writers.
ReplyDeleteI am not particularly interested in wine Ben, but I find your 'refreshing' (sorry for that pun!) anecdotes and blog posts and light-hearted approach (you don't rant like me) very entertaining and informative. Are you working on any other books Ben?