A few days ago I received a formal offer of publication for my proposed book Among the Iranians and two days ago I received the contract by email. All I have to do now is print it out, sign it and return it to the publishers in Boston, Mass.
It’s been so long since I sent in the proposal (March 2007 – before we left London, in fact) that I am used to waiting for a response and I find it hard to believe that the wait is over and that I now need to get down to work. The manuscript has to be ready by 15 June 2009, more or less the time when the children’s examinations are over, very conveniently.
Today I made a start with a new chapter on clothes.