I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing.

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Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more...

Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more...

I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but...

I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but...

At the same time, I think books create a sort of network in the reader's...

At the same time, I think books create a sort of network in the reader's...

I've never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and I'm not...

I've never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and I'm not...

I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part...

I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part...

Every writer has to find their own way into writing.

Every writer has to find their own way into writing.

It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can ake over as they...

It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can ake over as they...

It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there...

It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there...

I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom,...

I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom,...

I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house...

I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house...

By the time ordinary life asserted itself once more, I would feel I had already...

By the time ordinary life asserted itself once more, I would feel I had already...

Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures,...

Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures,...

I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and...

I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and...

I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just...

I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just...

In a way, the characters often do take over.

In a way, the characters often do take over.

My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven,...

My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven,...

I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing....

I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing....

At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other...

At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other...