I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.
I don't think I've ever had a mentor. The closest thing is my friend Christopher Fowler, another writer. Chris kept me sane for a long time before I made it.
A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.
I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.
Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.
As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.