Apparently I'm a Pixel-stained Technopeasant Wretch. And a 'scab' (Although he doesn't seem to really understand what a scab is...)

There is a reasoned argument against his rant.

And yes, 'Pixel-stained Technopeasant Wretch' would make a lovely T-Shirt.

Here is so good, and possibly interesting, news.

I've sold the TV option to my book to Daybreak - Mentorn. This means that they can shop around the TV channels and try to persuade them that a TV series based on my book would be a good idea. The chances of this happening are incredibly slim, but one lives in hope.

But, I hear you ask, how does this tie in with the fact that my book and blog are under a Creative Commons license - surely anyone can film something based around my writing? This is true, the license that I use means that people may make derivative works, as long as it is not for profit.

By selling the option to make a 'for profit' TV programme I'm not removing any of the Creative Commons license. This is another great thing about a CC license, it doesn't remove any ability to sell my own work or stop me from letting people use my work for profit reasons.

So I'd like to thank Mentorn for accepting that the book is under a Creative Commons license and that they won't go suing people who make non-profit films.

And now I sit here with my fingers crossed.

Oh yes, and I also have a publisher in America as well - so there should be an American version of Blood, Sweat and Tea coming out later this year. I obviously hope that they want to fly me out there to do publicity. They also appreciate the CC license - more news on this later. And there may be a BBC Radio thing coming up - which would be fun.

Here is a fragment of an e-mail I received the other day. It makes me more than happy to have released the book under a CC license.

I'm an occasional reader of your blog and have just
downloaded the CC version of your book (I would've
bought the book itself but I'm in Nigeria at the
moment and Amazon refuse to deliver here - can't think
why!).

How superb is that?

I'm feeling better now, thanks for all your kind words. For some reason I got a load of 'flu-like' symptoms for 48 hours, aching joints, lack of sleep, headache the whole nine yards. Maybe it was some nasty mouth bacteria that got into my tooth-hole. The worst thing was that I had to cancel a day with Laura. Something that made me feel even more wretched.

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I hope that it does make The Friday Project huge amounts of money, because everyone who works there is lovely* and they deserve good stuff happening to them.

Proof, perhaps, that a Creative Commons release will only sell more books?

*With the exception of Pond, who is wicked.**

**Wicked as in Evil, not in the 'street word for good' way.

Busy, busy, busy.

Midweek was fun, the presenter was lovely, Sargy Mann is a real gent, Rupert Everett is lovely and Sissel has some really interesting ideas. Everyone was really nice to me who, lets face it, is a jumped up taxi driver who basically lucked out.

After Midweek I got home and was immediately phoned to do an interview on BBC World service on the basis of the Midweek interview. So back into a car which was driven by a driver who didn't seem to know the route.

The World Service interview will be on Outlook on Friday (at varying times in varying time zones - link to follow). Tomorrow I'm having my photo taken again for Weekly News.

I managed to get home around half past six and was busy for reasons that I shall divulge next Friday...

Back to work tomorrow, blogging will be up after 7pm I'm afraid unless I get a chance to scribble something during work.

Tomorrow I shall be a guest on the Radio 4 show 'Midweek', this is broadcast at 9am and repeated at 9:30pm. Also appearing will be the actor Rupert Everett, Sissel Tolaas an artist who works with smell, and the blind painter Sargy Mann.

My PR and organisational genius Rachael is really happy about me being invited to the show.

Oh, and it looks like she was right, women's magazines only want books which are written by pretty young female authors - and I have none of those qualities. Oh well, their loss.

Right now I am waiting for my hair to dry so I can get it cut, then I shall be answering all the emails that are sitting in my inbox (being one of the few bloggy people who hasn't read 'Getting Things Done' I am a terrible person for answering my emails). Then later today I shall post an ambulance story.

I'm sure there is something I've forgotten...

For those that are interested, some feedback on how Da Book is doing.

Perhaps vindication of the whole Creative Commons thing?