I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because Rowling is such a lousy writer.

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My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're...

My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're...

I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech...

I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech...

I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read...

I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read...

It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the...

It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the...

In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn...

In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn...

My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do...

My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do...

I stopped this one about two months before federation and I want the next one...

I stopped this one about two months before federation and I want the next one...

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the...

I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the...

The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more.

The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more.

The lovely thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate 25 year old men...

The lovely thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate 25 year old men...

Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six...

Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six...

The Labour Party of today has fits of horrors of the very thought of somebody...

The Labour Party of today has fits of horrors of the very thought of somebody...

She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to...

She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to...

There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being...

There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being...

There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to...

There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to...

In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place...

In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place...