{"id":695,"date":"2009-07-17T07:34:41","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T15:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/?p=695"},"modified":"2009-07-17T07:34:41","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T15:34:41","slug":"a-show-of-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"A Show of Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday I finished draft three of PHASE THREE<\/strong> and sent it out to my agents and editors. Afterwards I was so weirdly and utterly knackered that I seem to have spent most of the week asleep<\/strong>: today’s visit to Mossbourne Community Academy<\/strong><\/a> was, therefore, a much-needed blast of adrenaline and glee<\/strong>, as I think these pics will demonstrate. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Here’s me above doing some relatively restrained introductory arm-waving at the start of the talk. As anyone who follows this blog or who’s seen me do my stuff will know, this is actually strangely low-key and undemonstrative for me. But don’t worry…<\/p>\n

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As the excellent questions started to flow from today’s awesome audiences from Mossbourne’s Year 7<\/strong>, the old energy started coming back to me. And soon enough…<\/p>\n

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Yep, here I am back at full speed, looking like I’m either directing traffic, dancing with someone who is very tall and invisible, or, possibly, doing an impression of a Dalek.<\/p>\n

This was my last school visit of the academic year, and it was a great one to end up on. All three groups were fantastically welcoming and enthusiastic. Also – and this was particularly<\/em> brilliant – at the end of each session, thanks to this initiative<\/a>, everyone I spoke to was given one of my books for free, to keep and (I hope!) enjoy over the summer holidays.<\/p>\n

My thanks to Ms Berggren for inviting me today (and for taking these pics!) But thanks, too, to everyone I’ve met at all my school visits this academic year<\/strong><\/a>. Every single one was an absolute hoot, and I’m eagerly looking forward to more. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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