My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do something that I hadn't counted on. However, I always insist on dragging them back to the straight and narrow.

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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...

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...

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...

I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because...

I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...