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A phone call from Danny Baror to confirm that Random House Canada have bought THE SALT ROAD and the (working title) SULTAN'S BOY: which makes me very happy indeed after the great publicity tour I did last year for THE TENTH GIFT there. Kristin and Maya, I'm so looking forward to working with you again.

Meanwhile I delivered the first 3 chapters and the much fuller outline of THE SULTAN'S BOY (otherwise known as the Moulay Ismail book) at the start of the week to Venetia at Viking/Penguin and am pleased and relieved to report that she loves them. So that gives me new heart to speed on, which is just as well since I am rather in love with my central character... though I am sure it is very bad form. I may post the first few pages up on the site soon.

I had lunch today with my children's book publisher, the remarkable Marion Lloyd at Scholastic, who will be publishing MASKMAKER in March, and the new book, THE GOLDSEEKERS, the year after that. (More Moroccan pirates and magic to come in the latter!) It has been so good to sit and talk about books and publishing and life with her and Venetia this week, both so passionate, committed and sane in the face of all the odds in this tough, cut-throat arena which is the modern book industry.