But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.
People who hadn't suffered a loss yet struck me as not quite grown up.
I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level.
The very thing that attracts you to someone can end up putting you off.
I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing
For me, writing something down was the only road out...I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive. When I ran out of books I made up my own. At night, when I couldn't sleep, I made up stories in the dark.