a cat of impossible colour

I used to love writing. It was my default activity (that, and reading); everything else something I endured in order to get to the writing. I would hide my notebooks inside my hinged desk at school and write stories when I was meant to be paying attention...

So much YES in this.
"I craved to be submerged, to be into my novel, to be in that state when words come fast, and the character walk and talk the way characters in your dreams do - without your conscious desire. It is like snorkelling: you go under, and there is a whole...

"I have to say: Stress is particularly mind-twisting for writers. (Which automatically makes it emotion-twisting, too, since our work is our minds, and our minds become mush, and there is NOTHING less emotionally-stable in this world than a writer who...

I've always had a soft spot for fairies. My first job was at a fairy shop, dressing up to run children's parties and writing a monthly newsletter. When I finished decorating my dollhouse (and I need to find another one - I'm jonesing!), I turned to fairy...