She doesn't believe in dogs," Bridget said. "Dogs are hardly an article of faith," Sylvie said.

Sometimes it was harder to change the past than it was the future.

Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.

Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.

Whatever happens to you, embrace it, the good and the bad equally. Death is just one more thing to be embraced.

The Grim Reaper, Gloria corrected herself - if anyone deserved capital letters it was surely Death. Gloria would rather like to be the Grim Reaper. She wouldn't necessarily be grim, she suspected she would be quite cheerful (Come along now, don't make such a fuss).

Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.