I've Always Just Wanted To

My Literary Career Was A Fluke. Utterly Unexpected.

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.

Another Of Cicero's Maxims Was That If You Must Do Something Unpopular, You Might As Well Do It Wholeheartedly, For In Politics There Is No Credit To Be Won By Timidity.

If You Spend Too Long Trying To Avoid Death, You Will Be Dead In At Least One Way.

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.