I'm So Trying To Give

What Greater Happiness Is There Than The Privilege Of Being Bored Together?

It's Different To Read A Book For Pleasure Than To Read It Analytically. In The Past, I'd Read Pride And Prejudice For Pleasure. This Time, I Was Really Looking At The Structure, The Order Of Events, How The Characters Interact With Each Other And How The Book Is Paced.

When I Was Writing My First Two Books I Was Also Freelancing And Teaching And Doing Other Odd Jobs.

She Opened Her Mouth But Did Not Immediately Speak, And I Felt, Simultaneously, The Impulse To Coax The Words From Her And The Impulse To Suppress Them. I Always Thought I Wanted To Know A Secret, Or I Wanted An Event To Unfold – I Wanted My Life To Start – But In Those Rare Moments When It Seemed Like Something Might Actually Change, Panic Shot Through Me.

I'm Not Afraid Of Writing About Sensitive Subjects, But I Want To Be Careful How I Do So And I Know Not All Readers Will Think I Have Been, Of Course.