Her Majesty Is One Verb

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.

Literature Is Claimed To Be A Mirror Of The World,” I Said, “but The Outlanders Are Fooling Themselves. The Bookworld Is As Orderly As People In The Realworld *hope* Their Own World To Be—it Isn’t A Mirror, It’s An Aspiration.

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.

Death And The End Of One's Life Are Two Very Different Things Indeed.