We hope you won't refuse. "To tell the truth, I had never had the experience of giving a speech or chairing a seminar as a writer before. My children were still little then, and it wasn't easy to leave the family and go off by myself for several days.
老實說，在這以前我還從未有過以作家身分出去演講或主持座談會的經驗，那時我的孩子也還小，丟下家庭隻身出去幾天頗不容易。