Glad you did, Kell, I was beginning to think nobody loved me.
To be honest, after completing the latest book (FLESH HOUSE) it's hard to think of anything I enjoy about it at all. Well, I say completing, but there's still the line edit to go through yet. But once I've forgotten the nine months of torture and misery, I'll be back to the fun bit again: 'making shhhhhhh up'.
Honestly, that's the best bit about writing, taking all the little voices in your head and forcing them into something you didn't know existed before.
And I do enjoy meeting the people who buy the books. Signings can be a hit or miss thing - I once sat in the lobby of a draughty Costco in Glasgow for hours and hours, listening to the rain hammering on the roof, and only managed to shift about three books. Mind you, things like that do keep you from getting a big head, I suppose.
Readings depend very much on the audience. If you get a good audience then it's a lot of fun, if you get a load of people who just sit there like poached fish it becomes a struggle to get any sort of atmosphere going. Luckily that doesn't happen too often.
Reading groups are always fun. Especially as there's usually someone who turns up that hated something. Ah, the joys ;}#