Man on a mission

Just thought I’d drop in with a little update. Plan is the book gets released on May 15th. The title(today) is Insights from the Engine Room but we have a focus group planned for 30th so things may change. I’ve had some great help from Dave directing me and avoiding me going in places named ‘all over the.’ Also meeting my old pal Colin over from Edinburgh and lovely missus Avril plus new Minister says pal Jake invigorates me even more.

Lots more to say but as they say in showbiz…I have a deadline. I have to get all my relevant press pack and some more together.

I won’t be able to avoid ranting on about it because the truth is that as a novice I have thoroughly enjoyed myself, so much in fact that I’m not stopping here. I’ll probably get wrapped up in Twitter and uptweet current info as it seems all the craze.

What’s it about? Well it’s about me, what did you expect it to be about! Here’s an excerpt from the intro that I condensed down from War and Peace length. I needed a long intro because I’ve got wear a lot of T shirts and I have a lot to say. I’ve mapped out the internet cafes along the beach and…….’I’ve started so I’ll finish.’

Here’s a sneak preview, sneak away

It still wasn’t enough, I want to write a book that I’d read. I want it to include some stories, be entertaining, have humour but I want there to be something people could learn from the stories. I wanted them to benefit and to learn as I had learned from the people I had worked with.

I wanted them to see the mistakes these people had made, the opportunities that came their way and the pivotal moments that had both motivated and inspired me. I wanted them to see that no matter who you are……shit happens!

No shit

We all shit and I wanted to share my shit with their shit and see how it can help you with your shit. I started to make some notes, relive some of those experiences. Result…wow I really want to do this, I want to pass this on.

Difficult but challenging, I definitely was on a mission now. How long should it be, what should I cover, what will I call it? I was starting to feel invincible now, I’d made the decision…I’m writing a book! I started to think about the cover…what should it be?

That’s it! …it’ll have me on the cover in a Super hero costume….maybe ‘Shitman.’

I scribbled some more notes and identified the things I wanted to cover, one page, two pages…..there was too much, time to prioritize.

There may be more, let’s see how we do with this first. It has to begin………at the beginning. It has to introduce me from my childhood to my adulthood but we need to cover my in between hood because my in between hood…… was good.

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