{"id":724,"date":"2012-05-27T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatelusiveline.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/27\/win-a-signed-copy-of-haunters"},"modified":"2022-01-13T12:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T12:23:06","slug":"win-a-signed-copy-of-haunters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/win-a-signed-copy-of-haunters\/","title":{"rendered":"Win a signed copy of Haunters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\">Well, my book got launched. Not &#8212; as my son Benjy hoped &#8212; \u201call the way into the space!\u201d, but with enough bang to leave me happy, and grateful to all those who came. And it was especially good to see so many old friends. Here\u2019s a picture of me looking happy, see. So it\u2019s true.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1985 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/398819_10151732877825453_707050452_24208779_884156953_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/398819_10151732877825453_707050452_24208779_884156953_n.jpg 432w, http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/398819_10151732877825453_707050452_24208779_884156953_n-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\">There were between fifty and sixty people (I gave up trying to count:-) so my fears of being Tommy No-Mates were not realised. I even managed to not pass out during the reading, and no one threw anything or heckled either. Benjy did tap me on the shoe half way through, and Max hugged my leg at the end, but I\u2019m taking these as signs of approval. I scrawled in some books afterwards, and got to see more copies of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Haunters-Thomas-Taylor\/dp\/190642778X\/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1321211686&amp;sr=1-3\"><i>Haunters<\/i><\/a> in one place than I may ever see again.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1987 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/556124_10151732877550453_707050452_24208775_1635696887_n2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/556124_10151732877550453_707050452_24208775_1635696887_n2.jpg 432w, http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/556124_10151732877550453_707050452_24208775_1635696887_n2-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\">So thanks to everyone who came, and thanks to everyone who has bought my book over the last few weeks. And many thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/bookshop.blackwell.co.uk\/jsp\/editorial\/browse\/Children\/heffers\/index.jsp;jsessionid=0DC27FC60CCE6D92D198857275792F13.bobcatp1\">Heffers Bookshop<\/a> too. I\u2019d also like to thank 11-year-old Freddie Rawlins for this <a href=\"http:\/\/doublecluck.com\/blog\/\">glowing and thoughtful review<\/a>, which I discovered when I got home. Clearly a fellow of impeccable taste. Thanks, Freddie!<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt; text-align: justify;\">To mark the publication, I\u2019m giving a signed copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Haunters-Thomas-Taylor\/dp\/190642778X\/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1321211686&amp;sr=1-3\"><i>Haunters<\/i><\/a> away on my blog. All you have to do is comment below, and your name will go into a hat on the 3rd June. Comment with a spooky anecdote or ghost story, and I\u2019ll put your name in twice. And don\u2019t hold back \u2013 I\u2019m not easily scared *peers over shoulder*\u2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;font-size:12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/8981609828734332286-7046526800986923684?l=thatelusiveline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, my book got launched. 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