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benjohncock

  1. @Natwritesstuff Nothing you couldn't handle I'm sure ;)
  2. @Natwritesstuff Ah, that makes sense! Glad you made it home safely!
  3. @meandmybigmouth Where was my good luck text message eh? Eh?
  4. @MHarrison13 Great to meet you tonight! Thanks for coming! x
  5. @FlossieTeacake @JulieMayhew I have no recollection of saying this...
  6. @ThePaff Quickest at the moment probably from The Book Depository: bookdepository.co.uk/Maginot-Line-I…
  7. @ThePaff Oh, that's so kind! Thank you! All good bookshops, as they say (or Amazon or @thefictiondesk's website).
  8. @rebeccamakkai FABULOUS story! And @JulieMayhew did a wonderful job of reading!
  9. @BrightMeadow Thank you! Lovely to meet you and thank you SO much for coming!
  10. @JulieMayhew It was, as ever, a colossal, colossal pleasure. You were, like, totes brill, as young people say x
  11. @blackwelloxford No, thank YOU sir! Pleasure to meet you and thank you very much for flogging @thefictiondesk's books!
  12. @virginiamoffatt So lovely to meet you! Thank you so much for coming.
  13. @Caroline_S Haha you will always be my delicate flower from now on! glad you got home safely x
  14. HUGE thanks to @SarahEFranklin for a wonderful night @StoriesAloud & to @SteveHay for doing such a great job reading THE ROCKET MAN.
  15. @SueC00K lovely to see you Sue! And looking so well! Good luck for next month! X
  16. @Caroline_S It was an honour and a pleasure to share the stage with you, and I apologise most profusely for my rudeness xx
  17. @Natwritesstuff Twitter says I'm not following you?! WTF. Thought you'd been quiet. Have rectified! Lovely to see you x
  18. It's an ace new literary night run by @SarahEFranklin. Actors @JulieMayhew & @SteveHay will be reading our stories, with chat after.
  19. I'm in Oxford for Short Stories Aloud with @Caroline_S & @rebeccamakkai. Here's the nifty poster! twitpic.com/9qookr