Most romances aren't swept aside by big historical events. Most romances in the history of the world fall apart because of other, smaller happenings. History can sometimes be in the background, the thing which instead of rupturing your life merely irritates you by pressing itself now and then into the foreground.
Ned BeaumanI started my first novel when I was 10, and have produced thousands of pages of juvenilia since.
Ned BeaumanThere's never a bad time to put earplugs in. They're the kind of thing you can reject as a bit lame, but somebody told me to do start wearing earplugs and it turned out to be great advice.
Ned BeaumanThere are probably a couple of things I'd never write about until everyone I know is dead. And then there's other stuff which nobody would want to read a book about anyway.
Ned BeaumanThe reason I start a novel is because there's something that excites me and I want to explore it.
Ned Beauman