It’s now a quarter past twelve and I haven’t done any work yet. Well, I have actually, but not what I call work work.

Now the school year is underway, invitations to visit schools and festivals have started coming in. I love visiting schools – I must do – I do a lot of travelling to schools each year, but it necessarily requires a lot of organisation. So when I’m asked if I sit down and write all day, the answer is no. I spend a lot of time travelling and, when I’m home, I spend a lot of time preparing to travel,

Today I’ve been sorting out a trip to Scotland. That’s contracts, flights, long-term parking, car hire, route planning and timing before I even consider what I might do in each of the schools I’m gong to visit. Sometimes I think it would be great to have someone sort it all out for me, but I’d probably end up spending as long with my organising person as I do sorting it out myself. Of course the internet makes it so much easier, and I’m getting to know my way around all the travel sites quite well now and the Sat Nav is a boon, when it’s got the correct destination, that is.

By the time I’ve finished the rest of my paper work today it will be lunchtime and there’s another morning gone with no work done!