London | Pills & Pillow-Talk

At the end of day three at Earls Court, here are some things that stand out for me:

Meeting lovely people I know only from social media, and finding them even better in real life
The lure of bacon sarnies first thing in the morning
Standing room only at seminars in Author HQ
Finding out what ‘domestic chillers’ are (hint: Zanussi doesn’t make them)
The rallying cry to indie authors (and the brand new ALLi badge)
Terry Pratchett on video loop
Aching shoulders from accumulated bumf
Some cringe-making questions from the audience (“How does one start to write a book?”) and Katie Fforde’s incredibly courteous reply
An awesome open mic session at the indie fringe fest

Agents emerging blinking in the light after days spent holed up in the International Rights Centre
Pizza with not enough pepperoni (Pizza Express, please look up ‘loaded’ in the dictionary)
It’s not just my London Book Fair. It’s also my London, so here I am standing with my book in front of the house where I was conceived.