...and it's a promise!

Whilst visiting the great north (aka Canada) I received an email from the director of the school. To sum it up... there is yet another delay. However it's merely a few days vs. a few weeks...so light at the end of the tunnel etc, etc, etc.

I've been told this is the last delay and my plane ticket has been purchased ensuring no further hiccups . I also have the director's promise and my itinerary has been confirmed (via the nice, but hard to understand, traveling agent man from NY). In other words I am pretty-almost postively-kinda believing-holding onto it by a teeny-tiny,microscopic thread sure that I will be leaving the 12th of this month.

Although now that I think about it, I may have just jinxed myself. Sweet.

So slight change in the visiting family before I take off, but not by much.

Ooo! I almost forgot! On the last leg of my flight home I ended up sitting next to this rather "posh" looking British gent by the name of John Hale. It seems all it takes to turn him into a chatterbox is a small gin & tonic. A few sips later and he turns to me and starts talking. And when I say talking I mean he almost put me to shame! That is saying a lot if you know me. (Hush those of you that do...yeah especially you...and you...oh and you too!)

Anyways, turns out he is a retired publisher who has ventured into the world of publishing online writers. He even wrote his own mystery book based around a fraud case he helped bust wide open (his words, not mine). I thoroughly enjoyed talking...well ok listening to him. He was very intelligent and his vocabulary made the geeky-girl in me go "squee", all mentally of course. :p

His website started out as being a place for writer to publish/post their work and for people to read for free. Eventually it turned into a sort of mini-Amazonesque (shush real word now) site. You can view the first chapter of each book and if you like, purchase. What makes it better than Amazon, in my/his opinion, is that it actually tells the author what is viewed the most (the cover, backside, the free chapter). This allows the writer to have an idea of what might need to change. Honestly, there have been a few books I haven't even bothered to check out based on the cover. And yes, I do know the whole don't judge a book...blah blah blah.

I could go on about how cool it was conversing with him, but part of me is reminding me the purpose of this blog/journal thingy. ;p

If you are interested, check out his website Virtual Bookshop . His book btw is "Probus Enigma".