Being in publishing isn't easy - OK it's a bit easy - but the life of a publicist is a particularly unsettling existence full of ups and downs. Sometimes it's all just a bit much.
All this I'm learning from our (relatively) new Publicity Manager, Emma Young. She's seen it all. She's the Byron of Biteback. See here, Emma is on the left looking all maudlin at an awards ceremony last year, next to a jubilant Téa Obrecht...
It's thanks to this image landing in the pages of the Guardian, the Evening Standard and the Metro that Emma learned to perfect her such-a-shame-we-didn't-win-but-must-act-like-I-don't-give-a-sh*t face.
As her protégée (and general wench) I will learn from this episode, and post it on the internet too. Just to add insult to injury.