Storytelling Has A Narcotic Power.

By Dawn He Had Surrendered, Gratefully, To The Old Inertia, The Product Of Always Seeing Both Sides Of Every Question.

A Book Unwritten Is A Delightful Universe Of Infinite Possibilities. Set Down One Word, However, And It Immediately Becomes Earthbound. Set Down One Sentence And It’s Halfway To Being Just Like Every Other Bloody Book That’s Ever Been Written.

First Comes An Idea. Then, Characters Begin To Evolve Out Of The Landscape Of That Idea. And Then, Finally, Characters Dominate: Plot Is Simply A Function Of What These People Might Do Or Be. Everything Has To Flow From Their Personalities; Otherwise It Will Not Be Emotionally Engaging, Or Plausible.

Orwell Has Always Been A Huge Influence On Me.

I Write As Well As I Can. I'm A Journalist At Heart, So It's The Story That Matters.