Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.
It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book.
Scotland consistently produces world-class writers.
Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.
A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.
I've always had a keen sense of history. My father was an antiques dealer and he used to bring home boxes full of treasures, and each item always had a tale attached.