War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.
It seemed to him a very Edinburgh thing. Welcoming, but not very.
Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first story was published in a newspaper. The second went out on radio.
A good album should be more than the sum of its parts.
At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas.