The next book...

A week ago, I had an idea for a book. I wanted to turn dissembling into profit, or at least not such a waste of time. I sent an email to an expert in the field. He rang me back half an hour later to say that he thought it was a great idea. I rang my favourite NZ literary heavyweight, who also thought it was worth doing. A couple of days later, he told me a publisher had given the project the thumbs up. So I'm hard at work on a sample chapter, which should lead (with luck) to a contract, and then 45,000 words will have to be delivered by Christmas, for publication in the (NZ) autumn. More information about subject matter when a contract's signed - but it's something I consider very important. Time to extract several digits.