Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little black notebook (a writer's best mate), then come back to it and work a plot around it.

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The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean...

The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean...

My most intimate secrets? Well, if I told you those they wouldn't be secrets now,...

My most intimate secrets? Well, if I told you those they wouldn't be secrets now,...

I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in...

I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in...

I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at...

I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at...

I sometimes wonder what would've happened if I'd entered the competition instead - I'd probably...

I sometimes wonder what would've happened if I'd entered the competition instead - I'd probably...

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words...

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words...

As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I...

As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I...

It was relatively easy to write 'The Cave of Lost Souls', though, because it came...

It was relatively easy to write 'The Cave of Lost Souls', though, because it came...

I don't know anyone who actually likes the dark or night-time. I don't care how...

I don't know anyone who actually likes the dark or night-time. I don't care how...

Having said that, I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan because he just goes nuts in...

Having said that, I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan because he just goes nuts in...

For English assignments I was constantly coming up with these strange adventure stories... But I...

For English assignments I was constantly coming up with these strange adventure stories... But I...

I'm fortunate in that I'm a lecturer too and this gets me out and about...

I'm fortunate in that I'm a lecturer too and this gets me out and about...

Unlike life, you've got more or less complete control over what's going on in your...

Unlike life, you've got more or less complete control over what's going on in your...

I know it's popular to say this because she's the woman of the moment, but...

I know it's popular to say this because she's the woman of the moment, but...

Because I'm such a creative person, and I've always got my nose in a book,...

Because I'm such a creative person, and I've always got my nose in a book,...

Some writers would be kinder than others, I'm sure. Hopefully they might describe my techniques...

Some writers would be kinder than others, I'm sure. Hopefully they might describe my techniques...

I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which...

I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which...

I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same...

I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same...

This sort of encouragement is vital for any writer. And lastly the publication of Touching...

This sort of encouragement is vital for any writer. And lastly the publication of Touching...