Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught yet!
I'm a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that job is done online.
In the industry, trying out new genres is not always encouraged but what I've discovered is that as a writer, a jaunt outside my comfort zone generally brings new skills to the main body of my work.
On of the prerequisites for my mobile phone is that I have to be able to fling it at a wall if I lose my temper.
He didn’t look as if he’d been through a whirlwind exactly but he’d certainly endured a stiff breeze.
I have become very aware how under-represented are the stories of the underprivileged and undervalued. Our records are, in general, very male and if not always the material of the rich, certainly (for...
The space where I write is in my head, I suppose.
I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.
One of my favourite parts of writing is doing the research. It's the door into that magical reading/writing state - the raw material for making the story real.
The question shouldn't be, 'Are we guilty about our Colonial past?' it should be, 'Why aren't we more guilty about our corporate present?
As a historical novelist, there are few jobs more retrospective.
I know a lot of writers, and everyone works differently, but this is something that we truly have in common across all genres - the fiction has to be real inside your head.
I have no problem in moving a date one way or another or coming up with a subplot that gets my characters in (or out) of a fix more rambunctiously than the extant records show.
We have more choice than ever before about where and how we buy and read books.
Molly Bloom is simply the most sensuous woman in literature.
I'm very aware we are the first generation ever to have such incredible opportunities to express ourselves publicly to a worldwide audience.
An important part of deciding where we want to go, as a society and culture, is knowing where we have come from, and indeed, how far we have come.
Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades.
Often we don't notice the stringent rules to which our culture subjects us.
I believe the era of the militant lady is back.
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