And she did not want him to think her quite mad, only a little unique, only containing within her just that measure of the unexpected sufficient to make her irreplaceable.

And she did not want him to think her quite mad, only a little unique, only containing within her just that measure of the unexpected sufficient to make her irreplaceable.

The unfolding of a story is both as exciting and as difficult for each and every novel I've written, regardless of time and place.

The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in that existential panic when you don't have a novel at all.

So history is fertile territory for me and I think I could feel happy with any period of history, provided I had the right sources and the necessary time for the initial research.

There is something about the unexpected that moves us. As if the whole of existence is paid for in some way, except for that one moment, which is free.

A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.