I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being rejected repeatedly, and self-publicatio n was an act of defiance at traditional publishing. But life works in strange ways.

Oral storytelling goes back so long ago, and those stories that were told orally were always layered and changed with time.

My attention span is very limited, and I watch just one or two movies a year.

To remain standing one often has to fall.

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress.

I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being rejected repeatedly, and self-publicatio n was an act of defiance at traditional publishing. But life works in strange ways.