I have carpal tunnel so I can't write more than four hours total without tingling numbness. I take a lot of breaks and do stretches.

I miss smoking (two to four packs a day) but I don't miss the crackle in my lungs when I breathed.

Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth.

I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.

I think the best advice I got was to not worry about what other people would think while you were working on your first draft. Focus on getting it out of your head. You can always edit the manuscript later.

Canadians are fond of darker stories, serious stories, so if you're a Mystery writer or a Romance writer or Fantasy Writer, you will most likely have an American publisher and agent.

Our ability to factory farm animals is coldly psychopathic.