So the release date of my book is two weeks away. I am
excited that I will finally get my hands on the actual book on Friday when I go to
the Vertebrate offices in Sheffield to sign lots of them. Although it will be a
novelty for me to sign a book, I think it might become a bit tedious after a
while.
Choosing a book title is often really hard but I have been
very lucky that the title “There is No Map in Hell” came when I had only just
started writing it and for this I need to thank Tara Vallente. My children were playing a computer game at
Tara’s house with her children. In one of the games there was a world they were
travelling around with a map to show the way. But there was a part of the world
called hell without any map. One of the children shouted out “There is no Map in Hell” and Tara immediately
said that it would be a great title for my book. Luckily the publishers,
Vertebrate also liked the title.
Maps have been a key part of my life since I started
orienteering aged seven. I love maps and can spend hours looking at maps. If I
have to travel the map to me is like an instruction manual showing me the way.
However, when I started to suffer really badly whilst running the Wainwrights
there was no instructions manual or map telling me how to cope with the pain
and carry on pushing hard. I needed to work it out as I went along.
I am also excited that the book launch is taking place at
Wilf’s café on 18 May at 7pm. At the moment there are about 10-15
tickets available at:
