At the end of the day, that's what a family is - a group of different people who accept each other.

I didn't expect to love being online as much as I do. I've met some wonderful people and discovered that however arcane some of my interests that there are people out there who are interested too.

Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.

Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.

Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.

Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades.

I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.