Remember to Spread the Love Always
Welcome to my official blog and thanks to those who made it happen. (Spud would say “wickedly splendid.”) I look forward to hearing from Spud fans, curious bloggers, late night lurkers and other people with far too much time on their hands.
I must begin by saying that the job of writing is indeed a weird profession. My publisher hands me the sales figures and informs me that Spud is now officially a phenomenon and that everybody is going mad about it. But here at my writing desk at home I see very little evidence first hand. So now I can talk directly to you and let you know some of the madness that is me and my life. In return you can share your thoughts with me. Good, bad or otherwise.
I have just returned from the first leg of the Spud – The Madness Continues …book tour which took me to Jozi for a rather psycho 5 days, then to Cape Town for a rather chilled 5 days and then on to Franschhoek for the literary festival this last weekend which was simply beautiful. (In fact, click here to watch a video of me saying just how beautiful it was.) The KZN leg of the tour kicks off on Thursday and this includes a launch at Michaelhouse (which should be interesting!!). Next month it’s back to Cape Town for the book fair and then straight on to Jozi for another short tour followed by a stint at the Grahamstown festival.
So if you want to know more about Spud or what I’m up to, then all you have to do is ask and I’ll drop by from time to time to shoot the breeze with you
I’ll leave you with my mantra:
“Remember to spread the love always.”
Johnny
(The spud guy…)
