My meet-the-author event at Oldham Coliseum on 24th January went even better than I'd hoped. There were about fifteen Full Circle members in the audience, which was a perfect number, as I wanted my talk to be informal. I was less nervous than I'd expected to be, probably because I'm passionate about writing and talk about books every chance I get. Selling a few of my signed books was a bonus.

Most of the photographs of the event were taken by Jenny, one of the organisers, shortly after my hour-long talk. I gave my talk next to a small table but sat with the audience for the group photos. I notice I'm wearing the same outfit I wore for another meet-the-author event at Oldham Library in November. I really must wear something different if I'm ever asked to give another talk about my books. People will think I only own one set of clothes, which is far from the truth.

Thanks to Rose Sergent at Oldham Coliseum for organising today's event. I really enjoyed myself and would happily have talked for two hours, not just the one hour I'd been allocated. It's now back to writing book ten for me, the third book in The Hostile series.

Joy Mutter