h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Save a piece of one of your scrumptious cakes for me next week?

Hope you're well and thriving. Great to be back.

Hello Maggy!

How the devil are you doing? Happy to save some , are you going to be coming in?

Lovely to hear from you! How is all the writing and all the going? I've been wanting to talk to you about both!

Hope you are fabulously well.



Natalie

Hi Natalie,

Gosh, where does the time go? Yes, we're well and happy thank you. I've got a couple of new book commissions so that's a bit scary but good.

Peter and I got married a year ago and are living in Worcestershire but next time I'm in London I'd love to call in for !

The ing is going fine thanks! Still do the odd workshop in London and individual sessions (you can use the Savoy as your office if you're willing to buy tea for two - and it only costs as much as going to Starbucks).

Are you well? Are you and Jimster all who are left?

Wow! Congratulations! How's Worcestershire? What are the books about?

I'm very well thanks! From the old team it's just Jimster and I, though we now have the fabulous Paully on board too. See all of the others though; most of them are still in New Media, luckily.

YES!

Do give them all my love! Is Anna still around? I know Mina is. And if you can see Ashley, do ask him how Toby is....

And tell them that Peter and I managed to get the contract to publish the C. S. Lewis Narnia books in the Russian language - did it in conjunction with BUR, one of Richard Creasey's companies. They're doing all the distribution etc. But it was very exciting!

Books - well the third Deborah's out later this year and I've got commissions to do one on the historical Jesus and one on the Bible women. A bit eclectic perhaps but I'll love doing 'em!

And I've got fingers crossed for another book on Kabbalah too...the first one's done really well and I'm one Book Fair away from another commission. Happy days!

So all is very well here....still teaching Kabbalah and prosperity and have a free prosperity mail course once a month...and a lovely new - well she's not new but she helped fill the hole after Didcot died two years ago. She's nine years old - a rescue beagle - called Puzzle.

Anna's still here; though she's done lots of different stuff since leaving h2g2. I will pass on your messages. Last I heard Toby was fine! And Ashley is too.

Your life sounds very exciting - how do you manage to motivate yourself to do all that writing alongside it? The kabbalah stuff sounds interesting as well. Do you think you'll do more writing workshops? Admit it, you miss MWB!

Puzzle is a great name!

Deadlines - that's what motivates me! And the fear of having to give the advance back

Book workshops in London - coo...dunno. Find me three people and I will (honest!).

I LOVE the Kabbalah...it's such a good structure for understanding anything and doesn't just attach to one religion.

Now I AM doing a Kabbalah workshop in London.....!

Ahh but they don't give you an advance or even deadlines for nothing!

I like the sound of the Kabbalah workshop, you must tell me more about it.

Coo. Here's the copy from the website (which is www.treeofsapphires.com btw). Hope it doesn't get modded for advertising

Living Kabbalah

Sunday, 19 March 2006, North London - £45

Kabbalah is ‘news’ nowadays with celebrity followers like Madonna.

Kabbalah is the Hebrew word for ‘receive’ and it is the esoteric knowledge that underpins Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

One day workshop introducing this ancient mystical tradition which gives a structure to any belief system. Kabbalah is not a religion but a series of guidelines for living life well and happily. Practical, simple and informative.

Maggy will introduce you to the basic structure behind Kabbalah and use discussion and meditation together with simple, fun exercises to show how the basic Kabbalistic structures - The Tree of Life and Jacob’s Ladder ­ can be used for self-realisation, growth and happiness.

Guaranteed no red strings attached!

Don't get me onto the red string bit (oh, go on then, do!)