I can’t stop the corners of my mouth from creeping upwards. So what if I’ve still got a cold. Who cares? Today my copy of Booknotes arrived, with my cheque (which instantly tripled my earnings from writing so far!) and a picture of me, alongside an article by James Brown... and as if that wasn’t enough literary bliss for one day, I rang up a friend to talk about the creative writing day he’s organising at the Karori Sanctuary. I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it because I’m still a bit sick, but then he told me that he was telling people about the poets who would be reading on the day, “including Jenny Bornholdt, Dinah Hawken, and Fionnaigh McKenzie,” and when he got to me, all these people said things like “Oh, Fionnaigh McKenzie, I’ve heard her read, she’s really amazing,” and “oh, she did this gorgeous poem about Kim Hill... I’ll have to tell my friend to come along too...” and so on. Jenny Bornholdt, my idol, is reading, but people were excited about ME!! I have FANS! Real fans! People like my poems! They like my readings! They like me!! I have to get over this cold right now so I can read tomorrow. Don’t want to disappoint my fans! (It’s at the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary from 11 onwards tomorrow – I’m hoping to read at 2ish and 3ish I think – and Jenny is at 1pm).
Posted by Fionnaigh at March 19, 2004 09:52 PMwhat's the gorgeous peom about kim hill? Is it on here somewhere?
Posted by: Tahnda at March 21, 2004 01:10 PM