Natasha Judd

So, it’s been almost a month between updates, and what have I been doing? Somehow I’ve managed to fill in the time.  I know I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but that only took a day. I’ve been writing up some of our travel stories for the Cosmotourist website. I’ve been swamped at the day job. And I’ve been, very slowly, working on the next novel. And other things, I guess.

Meanwhile, Lessons to Learn is out there in the world, and every now and then, I get to hear from people who’ve read it. Just today, I noticed that it was called a ‘delightful’ on Beattie’s Book Blog.  A couple of weeks ago, a classmate forwarded me a Sunday Star Times review which contained the words ‘gifted with a flair for deadpan comedy’ and also ’sex-mad Aussie sloven’ (the latter luckily referring to a character). 

And then there’s Fiona, the editor of AUT’s student magazine, debate, who has forwarded me some copies of Issue 16, which contains an interview and a way-too-large picture.  And there’s the people who’ve read it through Bookcrossing, and my lovely friends who pre-ordered their copy or have bought it from the stores. 

It’s strange to think of the book in other people’s hands at the other end of the earth.  It’s like leaving a part of me at home, it’s keeping that connection, while here in London, I catch the tube and walk along South Bank, and what is normal life for now continues.