Don't pick up hitchhikers!"- D. Adams
Just a little off the top!"- A. Boleyn
To Serve and Protect..."- Traditional Motto of Protection Rackets
When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.
I am not a slow writer, I am not a fast writer . . . I am a half-fast writer.
I've had a five- or six-year down-spell as a writer, and now that most of the other contracts are cleared or down to the last book, I have a chance to do what I want to do - specifically, something set in New Orleans.