I like naming characters.
My parents were sixty years married.
No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words.
The best way to reveal a character is to get them to open their mouths.
It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them.
Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.