Tuesday 24 May 2011

Back Late and...


...exhausted after the Jo Shapcott reading at UEA, with myself doing the introductions and interview. I don't usually feel nervous or anxious before my own readings but I get a double dose of both nerves and anxiety before doing this kind of thing. Generally it goes well once it happens, nor do I feel anxious once we start, but the hours before are like a kind of boring lecture I seem to be giving myself. Why am I giving myself a boring lecture? Why am I being boring? Why am I giving a lecture? To myself? Then it all starts again though occasionally a light comes on and a voice patiently explains that I am not giving a lecture and that this is a conversation.

Which is more or less what happens on stage. So this went well.



5 comments:

Diane said...

It went wonderfully well, George. Your introductions and conversations always do.

Winger said...

I used to feel like that before any reading George, as you know, I was one of those footballers who threw up before every match he played. I always thought you were the acme of cool at it.

Now, though, I have a job interview tomorrow at Essex University in Colchester to teach Creative Writing and I am like you pre-hosting; anxiety and nerves, nerves and anxiety. What will they ask me what will I say George, what what what?

George S said...

Well, I wrote you a very good reference telling them you were good at everything and a good guy on top of it. That's three good's in one sentence. As long you don't throw up all over your interviewers.

Let me know how it goes. And thank you for the compliments, both you and Diane.

A. N. Author said...

Blimey; low bow. That has helped me out a lot.

Turns somersault but still feels queasy.

Winger said...

that previous was supposed to be me, winger :)