For the first time in three months, I can wake up in the morning and not have to puzzle where I am: since New Zealand, I have been to Brisbane to meet the Governor-General and get an award for Australian Backyard Explorer then back to Sydney to pack for the Flinders Ranges and back from there to pack for a trip up the coast for a wedding and to prospect some sites and details for several future books.

Now I'm back and tying up the last bits of Australian Backyard Naturalist and I know what I will be doing next--bit for now, I'm not telling!

Oh yes, and I have my first copy of The Monster Maintenance Manual, ISBN 9781741964677 which is due out on November 1.

Let me just say that it's different.