<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Irresistibly Fish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[brettfish]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com/author/brettfish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Launching a book without knowing where it&nbsp;lands]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div class="wpcom-reblog-snapshot"><div class="reblogger-note"><div class='reblogger-note-content'><blockquote><p>i was going to link to this blog by my Myspace friend [it turns out, is that even a thing &#8211; What good ever came out of Myspace indeed?] Melanie Carstens who attended the book launch last night but instead thought it was worthy of a reblog&#8230; this is so great! </p>
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<p>Last night I went to my first book launch. I managed to throw it quite far. I like that one. But, silly joke aside. No, it was not the launch of my first book, but the first time I have attended the launch of someone else’s book. Just so that we’re clear on the details.</p>

<p>Despite the content being quite timely for me, the venue was also on the way home from work. “Schweet!”, I thought, when I saw the invite on Facebook, “Let’s go!”</p>

<p>I arrived a bit early, and the author greeted me, and we both tried to figure out our connection beyond Facebook. So, last night when I got home, I gave my mind a good scrubbing and realised. It was on Myspace that I saw my first Brett “Fish” Anderson post. Can’t remember how or when it happened exactly (but could speculate over a glass of…</p>
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