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During a science fiction addiction I wrote to Isaac Asimov: “I think you should know that my academic failure is…
For prose I need my fingers moving on a keyboard or a page; poetry tends to come to me out…
These writers and those like them who leave the comfort of their writing sheds in order to shine a light…
You’ll discover rock music, alcohol and boys. Your writing will suddenly seem childish, stupid, worthless. You’ll laugh at it. Though…
History books changed my life, particularly social and feminist history because they showed me myself, and the world beyond my…
Writing is itself a process of constant flux; it throws memory, the present, experiences, language and images into doubt. Writing…
Sallis’ novels are among the best I’ve ever read. He really pushes the boundaries of what crime writing is. Sallis’…
“Christ!” she said to herself, then raised her voice, which luckily was rather strident, to insinuate herself into the thoughts…
I can sit at my desk and a whole day will pass like this; the sky will brighten, darken and…
Characters in my non-adult novels come to me at the same stage in their lives as my readers and when…
The jotter by the side of my bed for writing down my dreams still doesn’t exist, but frequently I hop…
At the back are all the books I’m embarrassed to have read; the trashy romances, chick lit, badly written thrillers,…
