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

I'm not sure how much easier it is for a mother to balance her life now - have we simply swapped one set of restrictions for another?

Sometimes I create a character from a scrap - a mere mention that has been left behind.

I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any kind of writing - as long as the writing is good.

Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary novelists.

Writers need each other.

History at its best is a gritty, dirty business.