Entry for June 26, 2007

I am appalled to discover that my publishers (I use the words "my publishers" rather loosely given that I haven't given them anything to publish yet) have inaccurately described my book on their website as follows -
This new title is the essential, fingertip guide to all major financial provisions on divorce, comprising extracts from authorities on the subject with examples of how it operates in practice.Financial Provisions on Divorce is a convenient and practical text, easy to use and includes reference to pertinent quotes from the key authorities, linked to the relevant case law.This text looks at all the new legislation in this area and covers the increasingly important topic of pension sharing. With everything you need for advising clients in one place, this title is extremely helpful and saves valuable time spent on detailed research.
What they should have said in the interests of accuracy is
This new title presents the rambling and incoherent thoughts of a madman who has been scribbling random thoughts on the back of packets of Coco Pops for the past two years. He sewed them together with his own hair and then turned up at our office with a gun. He made us publish it. Please don't blame us.