{"id":1319,"date":"2013-03-06T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2013-03-06T17:39:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T17:39:13","slug":"bursting-from-the-bathysphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"Bursting From The Bathysphere!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years, a couple of thousand pages of notes and a current total just shy of one hundred and sixty thousand words of story: as of yesterday afternoon I am out of my <\/strong>writing bathysphere<\/strong><\/a> because Draft Zero of the New Book is DONE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As part of my plan to get used to being back on Earth – and restore at least some of the distance and objectivity I’ll need to convert this beast into a functioning First Draft – over the coming weeks I’m doing a bunch of school visits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Today’s return to Ken Stimpson Community School<\/strong> was a blast: three sessions full of excellent and inspiring young people. Burlington Danes Academy<\/strong>, The City of London Academy<\/strong> and The Ridgeway School <\/strong>and Sixth Form College<\/strong> are all currently quaking at the imminent prospect of further scenes of electrified-baboon-style gesticulation <\/strong>and grinning<\/strong> much like those in this slideshow<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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BTW: If you, reading this, are interested in having me come and visit your<\/em> school or library or bookshop, please don’t hesitate to get in touch via my Contact An Author Page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the simple fact that the biggest and most ambitious story I’ve written so far<\/strong> now exists in full outside my brain for the very first time is making me giddy<\/strong>. Excuse me while I stick my head back in this bucket of cold water.<\/p>\n

MWAHAHAHAblblblblbl. ;D<\/p>\n

Sam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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