New snow, new offices, new colleagues.

I did not have to be reminded about blogging - not like John who needs to be reminded... and was three days late. Losing three days indeed. Come to think about it, it might be that he wishes to change his time to fit in with our North American authors. And we have quite a few now which is really lovely. Just keep those manuscripts and ideas coming! We are designing a world map which will get different colours depending on the number of authors we have in a particular place. It will be on our webpage when it is ready. I'll be quite a journey, and we'll be pleased if you share it with us.

We have a lot of snow at the moment. Today's picture is of the trees at the back of our garden. I love it when there is snow, as it all gets so light and picturesque. There is also a very special blue light in the sky in Sweden, both summer and winter. Very clear and very pure. I just love it. When the sky is grey I long for spring, but when it is blue and wonderful, I just love the winter and the snow. Particularly making snow angels.

Tomorrow, Mari will be blogging instead of Pixie. I guess Pixie will ensure that she is still being heard and seen, but Mari needs a spot too. There is a nice introduction to her in one of our shorts, but she is essentially our lay-outer. She is very patient and very careful, and very good at adding structure and precision to the Bombadil team. Very nice indeed!

There are a lot of things going on at the moment, most of which you can or will be able to see on our website. We were in the local newspaper today, which was rather neat, and... well, there is so much more. We now have a Bombadil office for Gothenburg and Trollhättan run by Sofia and an office in Västerås, run by Clare. Clare also runs the office in Newcastle. There will be a presentation about them on the website soon. Next week I will blog about our ventures in India and the US. Or perhaps one at a time since there is so much going on. Both of these markets are amazing. It will be quite a journey.

Until next week
Marianne