A few days ago, I posted links – not images, links – to some pictures of dogs. I averaged twenty per cent hits extra per day, all coming by to look for poodles. It’s slightly alarming. I already knew that I could jack up my numbers by talking about sex or astrology (particularly if I talked about weird sex or weird sex and astrology) but I hadn’t considered the puppy power.
So: here is an actual picture of the coolest pup on Earth. She had just had an eye op, and her loving owners made her a cool pair o’ shades to keep her happy.
Now: all those of you who got snared in here by the dog pic and have no idea what this is all about, go buy my book. It is almost as much fun as puppies, and will not pee on your sofa. Also, the US edition is actually huggable.
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Writing this blatantly evil selling scam (and let’s face it, I’m no Bernard Madoff) I came across the Flickr set of the UK edition’s design process, which I looked at when the whole thing was zooming along and I hadn’t really taken in the fact that I was going to be published… not at my most attentive. Looking again, I was fascinated.
As you might imagine, I still have a soft spot for this one:
I mean, you know. Bookbreaksinhalfandtheresabookinit! Yay!
And of course, there’s the old title – which I like less and less, by the way, because no one can say it. Not even me, really.
And now I have to go and buy a Christmas present for my mother. Be good while I’m away.
