I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give me a thrill anymore.

Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.

The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

The Army was my bread and butter.

If, like Harry Keogh, I could talk to the dead - God, there are an awful lot of people I would like to speak to! Not least my father. Being in the army for 22 years, I didnt see enough of him, and I know there are a great many things I could have learned from him.