I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing

I spend about a year between novels

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside.

I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a thought to influences or method or any other writerly concerns

Women were the ones that held the reins, it emerged.

When I read, I'm purely a reader

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.