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    TIME IS TIGHT

    Sep 03, 2020 4 minutes

    Be elated, Chris! Break out the champagne. This is a fantastic piece of news so please do not let anything spoil the thrill of such an achievement. A two-book deal is terrific. Well done you.

    Having said that, I do truly understand those twinges of alarm. Which I get every time I see the delivery date on a contract. But as you say, people do manage to write books in all sorts of circumstances. And you can too.

    Martin Latham is best-known as Waterstones’ longest-serving bookseller. I first met him when I was newly published and he was managing the branch in Canterbury, with his own unique (Particular Books, Penguin) has just been published.

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