If I'm At Somebody's House And They

I Don't Really Have Special Rituals, But I Don't Try To Write Fiction Unless I Have A Minimum Of A Few Hours. For Me, It Takes A While To Settle Into A Mode Where I'm Truly Concentrating

Ironically, Writing A Novel Is Not A Way To Sort Out Your Confusion.

My Boarding School Experience Was The Only Thing I Had Strong Enough Feelings To Write About For Hundreds And Hundreds Of Pages. I Can Still Smell The Formaldehyde Of The Fetal Pigs In Biology.

..and I Thought How Liking A Boy Was Just The Same As Believing You Wanted To Know A Secret - Everything Was Better When You Were Denied And Could Feel Tormented By Curiousity Or Loneliness. But The Moment Of Something Happening Was Treacherous. It Was Just So Tiring To Have To Worry About Whether Your Face Was Peeling, Or To Have To Laugh At Stories That Weren’t Funny.

When I Was Writing My First Two Books I Was Also Freelancing And Teaching And Doing Other Odd Jobs.