Merci, Mayotte Hebdo!
It was a fairly quiet week in Mayotte. No strikes, riots or barricades, no visiting French politicians promising to stop the flow of boat people from Comoros, not even a luxury cruise ship in the lagoon. So Mayotte Hebdo, not having much to write about, turned to me. I’d posted a tweet: Just taken a break from writing and noticed that Mayotte is beautiful! So they saw it and got in touch and said, ‘A writer – good! Can we interview you?’ That’s one advantage of living on a tiny island: you don’t have to do much to make a splash (though that can have a flip side, obviously – depends what it is you do). Anyway, off I went to the 5/5 snack bar to meet Nora Godeau, who was bubbly and charming and wrote up a whole double page. Next up, The Times Literary Supplement. *Ahem*
Wow, lovely! Congratulations 🙂 Must feel nice to have an article about you in a magazine 🙂
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Nice indeed – almost had to pinch myself when I saw it. Thanks for the comment!
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Yay, Curtis! Nice picture and write-up—of the few words/phrases in French that I can read of it, anyway (wish I could read/speak more of it)! From February, yes? Again, congratulations. You and your hard work deserve this publicity. 🙂
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Thanks, Leigh! Yes, I was very pleased with what she wrote. Maybe I should translate the best bits 😏
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You could, Curtis . . . I’m sure it would be pretty interesting to those non-French readers among us. BTW, I haven’t forgotten the short story you sent me ages ago; just so swamped and digging out of everything, little bits at a time (not that your ms. is unpleasant; I like being busy).
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No problem, Leigh, whenever you get round to it is fine. A little bit at a time is my own way of doing things, and eventually everything gets done. ☺
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Curtis, when I put Mayotte Hebdo in the google search engine and the search results come up, google notes – this site may be hacked and won’t let me in. Do you have a link?
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I just checked and I get that message too, but it did let me in. However they only keep the most recent articles and that was actually from February so it’s gone now.
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Ah ok 😦
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Fantastic!
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Thank you, Jill!
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Congratulations! Have you purchased a crateful to place on magazine racks in Provence and other places you might visit? International airports? Christmas gifts for friends worldwide? I’ll be watching for that *ahem* The Times Literary Supplement.
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Now there’s an idea I hadn’t thought of – dang! Ah well, guess I’ll just have to wait for the TLS.
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No more missed opportunities, Curtis! (Do you see how that Inkshares experience has twisted my mind? I am appalled.)
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No, you have your eye on the ball, Sue – excellent!
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And that GIF is cool too – thanks!
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Hey, that’s brilliant! I know a famous author 😉
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Ha, ha! I’ll send you an autograph if you want!
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