As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that's a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort.
Mark HaddonHe really did not care whether he survived or not, so long as it rendered him unconscious and absolved him of responsibility.
Mark HaddonI've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.
Mark Haddon