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Before Christmas swept us up in Publishing’s usual month-long shutdown, I thought I’d better get in touch with my other new authors. Jennifer Luck, rather bafflingly, wrote back to say how far she’d got with Tony’s notes (Tony writes notes?) and would resubmit in January, as they’d agreed. Matthew Holt, meanwhile, seemed delighted to have a new editor, as he hadn’t quite ‘clicked’ with Tony. I’ve no way of knowing whether that means Matthew saw straight through him, or whether Tony pointed out that most parts of Sweden don’t have three months of continuous daylight each summer. Can’t wait to read his updated manuscript too, next year. Still no clue to the contact details for Stuart ‘Tara Towne’ Winton, though. I’ll look into this properly in January.

Back at home, I’ve no idea how she’s done it, but she’s done it again.

Me: Has Susie been round here while I’ve been out?

Thom: No. Why?

Me: [holding up a tampon]

Thom: This is a bit too abstract even for me. What’s the connection?

Me: It was today’s calendar gift.

Thom: Oooooh. Ooh, that’s good. No, she hasn’t been round here for ages. You haven’t done something foolish like give her a key, have you?

Me: [thinking] Oh, I bloody did, as well. For emergencies.

Thom: We need to raise our game.

TO DO:

Come up with a full blueprint for Susie Revenge