SHHHH! I am putting this one out in code. I’ve squeezed author tears out of all my co-captives (Baz gave me by far the most!) and doused this message in them, creating an anti-monster cloaking device. It’s patchy, but so far they don’t seem to have picked up on what I’m about to reveal.
The monsters have given me, Tommy and Andy permission to attend a conference for Renaissance Learning in Birmingham on Friday. They even said we could stay over the night before in a posh hotel (woo-hoo!) to give us a chance to chip off all the dried goo and snot and rinse off the slimy bits in the shower (we’re talking to teachers, you see!).
But we thought it was WRONG to be free for 24 hours and not see any children too. So we’re doing a runner when we get in the day before (Thursday 7 May) and hiding out at Waterstone’s in the High Street. We’ll be seeing some school children in the afternoon, and signing books for random children (and adults) from 4pm to 5pm… if the monsters don’t catch up with us first…
Come and visit us. Bring cake… or just the price of a book.
On the run… Tommy, Andy and Ali…
04/05/2009 at 7:04 pm Permalink
Good luck, guys. And thanks for planning such a great diversion – my escape to Reading Waterstones on Saturday should go like a dream with the monsters all off trying to keep tabs on you lot! I’m going to be in the Oracle all day for anyone who wants to come and smuggle me away, or supply me with anti-monster weaponry … or if you just want to buy books that would be OK too, I suppose.