{"id":447,"date":"2014-10-27T10:36:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T10:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catherinejohnson.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=447"},"modified":"2014-10-27T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T10:36:35","slug":"shouldnt-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catherinejohnson.co.uk\/index.php\/shouldnt-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Shouldn&#8217;t Have  a Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is OCTOBER! And only just OCTOBER. What am I thinking! You know what I should have blogged about by now?<\/p>\n<p>Hoo Kids Book Fest<\/p>\n<p>Not winning Rotherham Book Award but getting to see Julian Sedgewick juggle with knives.<\/p>\n<p>Winning The Young Quills prize for best historical fiction in the 12+ category!<\/p>\n<p>Going to YALC and having a wee in the next toilet to Carrie Fisher.<\/p>\n<p>Writing Holby again.<\/p>\n<p>Writing a love story for this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catherinejohnson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/imgres.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-449\" src=\"http:\/\/catherinejohnson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/imgres.jpg\" alt=\"imgres\" width=\"180\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Having A Nest of Vipers chosen for the List of 50 best Diverse books&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/childrens-books-site\/2014\/oct\/13\/50-best-culturally-diverse-childrens-books\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/childrens-books-site\/2014\/oct\/13\/50-best-culturally-diverse-childrens-books<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And teaching my first ever Arvon course at Lumb bank with Malachy Doyle and Geraldine McCaughrean which was fab.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and even better Sawbones has been nominated for two more prizes &#8211; \u00a0for Salford School Libraries and for the Carnegie.<\/p>\n<p>There are other things I have been rushing to do too &#8211; Sawbones 2 edits and Caraboo, which with luck should both be out next year!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is OCTOBER! 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