We have more choice than ever before about where and how we buy and read books.
I'm very aware we are the first generation ever to have such incredible opportunities to express ourselves publicly to a worldwide audience.
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.
The library is a symbol of freedom.
An eerie atmosphere leeched from the soot-damaged walls. It was as if the house had died, and yet she felt she belonged here. It was as if the old place wanted to claim her from the grave.
He didn’t look as if he’d been through a whirlwind exactly but he’d certainly endured a stiff breeze.
I am completely unflustered by whichever medium people choose to read my words. I'm just delighted they're reading them at all!
As a historical novelist, there are few jobs more retrospective.
I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn.
You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least beans you possibly can. So because I had already written historical fiction before...
It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book.
It's entirely possible to base an entire book on a long-forgotten letter.
I decided to coin the term 'cosy crime noir' for Brighton Belle. That is 'cosy crime' for today's sensibilities because there is that slightly edgy element to it.
Looking at my life through the lens of history has made me increasingly grateful to standout women who pushed those boundaries to make the changes from which I have benefited.
A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.
Having instant feedback on twitter to research material I'm considering is an enormous help.
I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing.
As a reader you recognise that feeling when you're lost in a book? You know the one - when whatever's going on around you seems less real than what you're reading and all you want to do is keep going...
Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another country - a very different world - and historical readers want to see, smell and touch what...
Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.
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