I've never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and I'm not an efficient fighter anyway - but I have certainly seen other people have great complicated goes at one another.

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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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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,...

In a way, the characters often do take over.

In a way, the characters often do take over.

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....

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.

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...

Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture -...

Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture -...

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...

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...