Sometimes I Panic And Think I Can't

I'm Jealous Of Everyone Discovering Lovesey And Diamond For The First Time-you Have A Wonderful Backlist To Catch Up On. Me, All I Can Do Is Wait For The Next Book.

I Was Reading Raymond Chandler Very Much With The Feminist Eye. In Six Of His Seven Novels, It's The Woman Who Presents Herself In A Sexual Way, Who Is The Main Bad Person. And Then You Start Reading More Fiction, Whether Crime Fiction Or Straight Fiction, It's Just Bad Girls Trying To Make Good Boys Do Bad Things, Going All The Way Back To Adam And Eve. The Woman That Thou Gavest Me Made Me Do It, Adam Says To God.

No Agent Wants To See A Book Until He Or She Has Decided Whether To Pursue The Relationship

The Hope For A Messiah Puts Too Much On That One Person. And You Think That Absolves You Of Personal Responsibility And You Don't Have To Act Because That Person Will Do It For You.

I Realised I'd Never Climb Everest But Thought I Could Still Write A Book