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28/3/2013

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Karin, co-author of our novel, describes our latest get together...


 Earlier this week, Gary came to stay overnight so we could do some work on the book. This is what transpired:

13:40 Pick up Gary from train station
14:00 Sit down at kitchen table with a cup of coffee (Gary) and a cup of tea (me). Discuss our various partners, loinfruit, pets, work.
15:00 Read through the comments that our alpha readers have made.
15:10 Sit in silence wondering where to go from there
15:25 Sit in silence a bit longer contemplating the printed off version of the book lying on the kitchen table between us.
15:40 Decide to work through the feedback comments one by one.
15:41 Sit in silence not quite sure how to go about it
15:45 Eat 3 satsumas (me)
15.55 Eat 2 satsumas because they smell nice (Gary)
16:01 Decide to go to the pub
16:02 Promise Mr W we will ring him when we are done so he can join us for a drink
16:05 Are appalled at the cost of wine in the pub (£18 the cheapest bottle!)
16:06 Buy a bottle of shiraz, a pint of Tribute and a pot of pistachio nuts
16:07 Open our notebooks, get out the printed feedback comments, begin to discuss them
17:45 Buy another bottle of shiraz
17:50 Clap our hands to our foreheads when we realise we have forgotten Mr W
17:52 Buy a pint of cider for Mr W, a pot of pistachios and a pot of cashews
18:02 Mr W arrives
18:05 Mr W asks whether this is our second bottle of wine. We say no and are pretty sure we've got away with it
18:35 Mr W buys another pint. We refrain from buying another bottle of wine and congratulate each other on being so sensible
19:00 I announce there is no way I can cook supper. Gary suggests the Indian up the hill.
19:15 Arrive at the top of the hill, Mr W has to ask for the table because we can't talk
19:17 Gary decides he wants a different table
19:30 Gary orders a bottle of red wine and a beer for Mr W
19:31-21:30 Food comes. Another bottle of wine comes. Another beer for Mr W comes. Although possibly not in that order, I can't be sure
21:30 Gary and I fight about who is paying the bill. Gary wins. Gary pays the bill
21:35 Gary goes for a pee. In his absence I tell Mr W we should pay the bill. He tells me Gary has already done so. I don't believe him. He assures me that this is the case. I don't believe him but, in a triumph of self-restraint, I don't make an issue of it
21:40 Head home down the hill managing not to a) fall over or b) get run over
22:00 Offer Gary another bottle of wine which he declines in favour of a pint of water.
Sometime after 22:00 Go to bed.
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