Some writers would be kinder than others, I'm sure. Hopefully they might describe my techniques as a mixture of tried and tested formulas - if it aint broke don't fix it - and unexpected twists.

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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 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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little...

Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little...

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,...

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...