I find I have to touch what I am working on every day, or a deep-seated dread kicks in that is very hard to overcome.

I'm a morning person: if I don't get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost a lot of its promise.

I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great.

My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find my way into my story and my characters through research.

Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.

I couldn't really experience being an author when I was still working in publishing - I was trying to negotiate being both. Sometimes the knowledge doesn't translate between the two roles.

I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of it OK.