I Don't Think That I Would Ever,

I Feel That Pride And Prejudice Is An Incredibly Well Constructed Novel On Every Level. The Dialogue Is Great. The Character Development Is Great. The Plotting Is Great. The Pacing Is Great. The Language Is Great.

And I Am Pretty Sure That's The Point Of Reading Fiction -- So Someone Else Can Say In A Way You Never Would Have Something You Recognize Immediately.

I Wanted My Life To Start - But In Those Rare Moments When It Seemed Like Something Might Actually Change, Panic Shot Through Me.

Well, I Think In My First Two Novels, Both The Characters Are Pretty Neurotic, Which I Would Say That I Am.

I Don't Really Have Special Rituals, But I Don't Try To Write Fiction Unless I Have A Minimum Of A Few Hours. For Me, It Takes A While To Settle Into A Mode Where I'm Truly Concentrating