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Unlike Life, You've Got More Or Less Complete Control Over What's Going On In Your Stories. That's Not To Say You Can Make Characters Do Whatever You Want Them To - They Usually Have A Life Of Their Own If You've Done Your Job Properly.

I'm Fortunate In That I'm A Lecturer Too And This Gets Me Out And About And Away From The Computer. I Also Have Loads Of Friends All Around The World, Plus A Core Group Of Special People In My Life That I Can Lean On, Chat To, Or Just Hang With.

I Don't Know Anyone Who Actually Likes The Dark Or Night-time. I Don't Care How Much They Say It Doesn't Bother Them. That's Why We Used To Huddle In Caves And Light Fires When The Sun Went Down.

Sometimes I'll Hear A Phrase Or A Word And Write It Down In My Little Black Notebook (a Writer's Best Mate), Then Come Back To It And Work A Plot Around It.

The Joy Of Painting Lies Precisely In The Challenge Of Memory And The Challenge Of Translation From The Lived Experience To The Two-dimensional Or Three-dimensional Symbol.