Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.

For some time now, I have been encouraging people to ask themselves why things look the way they do.

Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.

I'm a big fan of the digestive system.

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.

I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay attention to a book and pick up information along the way.

If you are lucky enough to be successful, you get drawn further in and you stop paying attention to the stuff that matters.