tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post895099286648826834..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Feeling like a 'proper author' - John DoughertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86705466020731321662008-12-08T09:45:00.000+00:002008-12-08T09:45:00.000+00:00That's where we differ, John, and probably one of ...That's where we differ, John, and probably one of the reasons I've chosen my present course: I don't want to be obliged to go to Christmas parties (or signings or school visits or whatever). Being an outsider has its advantages.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76152433121253951882008-12-05T16:51:00.000+00:002008-12-05T16:51:00.000+00:00I was just as tentative when I started going out w...I was just as tentative when I started going out with the man who is now my husband. Stupidly, it seemed too big a claim to call him my 'boyfriend', as if making claim to him in that way would somehow jinx things. Then he became my fiancee, at which point I dared to name his to others as my boyfriend. It was so nice when I could say 'husband' and feel really fixed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com