Cash Is Always The Deciding

Writing Is A Subtle Art That Is Reached Mostly By Self-discovery And Experimentation.

Acceptable Rules Of Conduct Were Suspended When It Came To The Spoon Shortage. The Deficit Had Gotten So Bad That Prices Were All But Unaffordable, And Dynastic Spoon Succession Had Become A Matter Of Considerable Interest. Spoons Were Even Postcode Engraved And Carried On One's Person To Eliminate Theft, And Good Table Manners, One Of The Eight Pillars Upon Which The Collective Was Built, Had Been Relaxed To Allow Tea To Be Stirred - Shockingly - With The Handle Of A Fork.

Reality Tv Was To Me The Worst Form Of Entertainment--the Modern Equivalent Of Paying Sixpence To Watch Lunatics Howling At The Wall Down At The Local Madhouse.

There Is A Certain Degree Of Steampunkishness That Creeps Into My Books.

Dci Horner's Advice To Jack Spratt: "remember, M'boy," His Old Boss Had Said, Eyes Twinkling, "that If Anyone Tries To Get The Better Of You, Stand Up Straight And Say To Yourself In An Imperious Air, 'i Am The New Mrs. De Winter Now!' You'll Find It Works Wonders.