Went out for a meal with my cousin Davina, her boyfriend Mark and a couple of their friends, and my publicist Emma last night. It was nice to catch up with Davina, and the grub was pretty good too!! Did a good school event in Southampton this morning, then a lunchtime signing at Waterstones. There was a very good crowd for lunch -- a few kids had a half-day, another few skipped school altogether, some others were brought by their teachers, and a lot of Mums, Dads and grandparents also turned up to get books for their young ones. I was there an hour, and also signed plenty of stock. Then I went to Winchester, where I did an evening event. A good crowd, not huge, but very sizeable for a town of Winchester's size. Did a short talk, answered some questions, then signed for everyone -- it took an hour and a half in total. After that myself, Bas and my other publicist, Mary, went to a pub to see Spurs play Aston Villa. With 20 minutes to go, we were losing 4-1, so I left in disgust -- only to find out later that we made a late comeback and drew 4-4!!!!!! I give up -- you just can't win when you're a Spurs fan!!! Demon Apocalypse has been selling like hot cakes on Amazon UK -- the last time I checked, it was Number 1 on the children's chart, and Number 6 on the overall chart!!! That's incredible, even if it's only the first day -- the highest I've ever been on the Amazon chart!! Hopefully it's a good omen for the book's future success ... I'd like to say farewell to Emma, my publicist, who did her last event with me today -- she's moving to another company in a couple of weeks. She's been an important part of the Shan team over the last couple of years, and was always good company on the road. I'll miss her, but wish her well in her new position, and lots of luck in the future. Now I'm off to bed early, before day 4 of the blisteringly paced Apocalypse tour. Night all!!!