The other day, a cousin commented that, when a book I sent asz a present dropped through the letterbox, it made her day. Which made me realise that a book is one of the best lockdown presents one can give. I've sent quite a few since then and had some good feedback.

For myself, I've found my attention span has dropped. I like something I can read at bedtime. In fact, even when I write, I'm happier with a blog, even a short story like the ones I wrote for Bees in my Bonnet, or the incidents in Sadie's Boy. I made a bit of a mistake using bees in the first title, people get the impression it's about keeping bee hives, rather than a collection of short stories. Just the same, it seems to have gone down well with my local readers. It's fine to have big sales to strangers, but there's a lot of satisfaction when you sell at a local market and get complements from the buyers.   

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