On Saturday afternoon, the doorbell rang. It was a courier. For me. From Penguin Random House.When you receive an unexpected package, do you try to guess what it could be? I do. It was a slim package, so the easiest guess would be that it contained one book.But why would Penguin send me one book? Could it be a calendar? On the 6th of February? Or a review copy? But surely someone would have written to me saying they wanted a review!I opened it to find one copy of The Clockwala's Clues. There was no letter, nothing. I had no idea why my publisher would send me a copy of my book.So I wrote to my editor.Why did I receive another copy of The Clockwala's Clues?Probably a reprint! came the reply.Already? The book is less than two months old! But I was excited, so I opened the plastic wrap and looked to see if it said anywhere that it was a reprint. No. Nothing. Oh, well.My … [Read more...]