I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

I care about a lot of issues. I care about libraries, I care about healthcare, I care about homelessness and unemployment. I care about net neutrality and the steady erosion of our liberties both online and off. I care about the rich/poor divide and the rise of corporate business.

Often we don't notice the stringent rules to which our culture subjects us.

We can learn so much looking outside our core field of expertise.

For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're famous for travelling in search of adventure.

I had never really understood what an adventure life could be, if you followed your heart and did what you really wanted to do, which is what we must all do in the end.