...where's The Skill In Being

Every Book I Write, The First Thing I Have To Do Is Get Into The Voice, And The Voice Varies From Book To Book - That's Part Of What's Interesting To Me.

A City Like London Was Always Going To Be A Paradox, The Best Of It So Very Riddled With The Opposite, So Swiss-cheesed With Moral Holes.

Fantasy And Science Fiction Can Be Literal As Well As Allegorical And There’s Nothing Wrong With Enjoying A Monster Like A Giant Squid For What It Is, As Well As Searching For Metaphor.

It Had Not Been A Long Journey, But The Memory Of It Filled Her Like An Infection. She Had Felt Tethered By Time To The City Behind Her, So That The Minutes Stretched Out Taut As She Moved Away, And Slowed The Farther She Got, Dragging Out Her Little Voyage.

A Sickly Little Smile Grew And Died On His Mouth Like A Fungus.