The one thing that does happen, every time, though, is that I never get to write a book until I've already been thinking about it for a period of months to years.

If an idea is compelling enough it'll stick in my head until I am forced to write it. If it's forgettable, who cares?

I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's appropriate to; for example, an internal monologue by a locquacious and verbose narrator is more likely to be larded with adverbs than an exchange of instant messages between cops at a crime scene.

I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.

I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses.

People want to buy mp3s but can't? Piracy ensues. Then Apple strong-arms the music studios into the iTunes store and music piracy drops somewhat. The same, I believe, is also happening with ebooks.

Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases.