I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life.

When I was a kid my family was really poor and I remember one Halloween I wanted to dress up really scary and my parents came home with a duck costume. I wore that costume for years! I hated it.

At least I can write.

I have a great office.

You guys are just jealous because i'm a natural athlete and you can't cross the street without falling on your face." -(Bird) Doug

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books.

If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline.