before i go to work

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Article from The Guardian on Neil Gaiman and the Newbery.

And because I promised ickaimp - the transcript of his Twitter posts as he found out the news. Note - all the dates are on the 25th, as i pulled this yesterday.


woken up by assistant at 5.30 in the morning. Not quite sure why. All rather bleary, to do with someone trying to call. argh. 5:47 AM yesterday from web
oh. forget about it. 5:50 AM yesterday from web
@mo_ali what a sensible suggestion. Tea. Yes. Tea. (There is a kettle in hotel room, and teabags.) 6:09 AM yesterday from web in reply to mo_ali
Every little pot of honey in this hotel room turns out to be orange marmalade. This is an I-need-honey-in-my-tea moment. They happen rarely. 6:45 AM yesterday from web
Mr Gaiman briefly ponders putting marmalade in tea, then realises he has lost his mind. 6:46 AM yesterday from web
@quinnlogan I'd already put room service through hoops, trying to get a small pot of milk. Can't do it again. Would hate to bother them. 7:05 AM yesterday from web in reply to quinnlogan
About to drink second cup of tea without Marmalade this morning. Also, I just won the Newbury Medal for THE GRAVEYARD BOOK. 7:45 AM yesterday from web
Newbery, not Newbury. Also FUCK!!!! I won the FUCKING NEWBERY THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME. I thank you. 7:46 AM yesterday from web
Blog entry up: (Insert amazed and delighted swearing here): posted by Neil The great thing about h.. http://bit.ly/cNks 7:51 AM yesterday from twitterfeed
My blog post about this morning will be autoposted soon, but here's a link anyway. http://bit.ly/OK5w 7:52 AM yesterday from TweetDeck
@fox_sake it's open to Americans or residents. I'm a resident (have been for 16 years). Pulitzers and NBAs are closed to me, but not this. 8:16 AM yesterday from web in reply to fox_sake
Thank you all for the congratulations. (Beams joyfully.) You can listen to the whole book for free at http://bit.ly/y8gk, by the way. 8:22 AM yesterday from TweetDeck

I think, at moments like this, lots of wish we would be as awesome as Mr. Gaiman.

I know I do.