“My primary purpose for reading is still, always pleasure, and paying attention to craft is part of the enjoyment for me.”

“… a distinction must be made between the artform of fiction or writing for oneself or journaling. Both are important, but they serve different purposes.”

‘But really, I don’t care what the trope is — in the hands of a skilled writer, even the most tried and possibly tired trope can be delivered in a fresh and entertaining way.’

“The better you understand the intricacies of good writing, the more powerfully you can write about any aspect of your life.”

“To start off you only need a good bio, books (or future books), services (if you offer services), a way for people to contact you and a good pic of yourself.”

“Research is daunting, but its fruits can be deeply satisfying.”

“Drafting is just one stage of a writing project: there’s a time to create characters, a time to edit, a time to work on plot problems… You can have a productive day without writing a word.”

“It’s our job as authors to ensure that we use every word, every technique at our disposal to tell our story in the most skilful, entertaining way.”

“For me writing poetry has always been a fairly personal act, and never been about editing for opacity and making a work easy-to-understand, but sometimes there are ideas and themes that I definitely want a reader to understand.”