I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and with every new novel I try to improve the process of writing.
But in my book, it was basically bad taste to stare at someone's assets, no matter how much on display they were.
I am self-educated from genre books.
As it was, I couldn't escape the feeling that I was out of my element. I found myself thinking of a book I'd left half-read at home and wishing I'd stuck it in my purse so I could pull it out now.
I really, really wanted to lose awareness of the here and now. The best way for me to do that was bury myself in a book.
Why was it librarians had such a prim image? With all the information available in books right there at their fingertips, librarians could be the best-informed people around. About anything.
I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that.
Vampires. They wrote the book on possessive.
Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.