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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to write psychological thrillers.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never, for the sake of the story or a twist, have a character do something that they just wouldn't do. I really couldn't. I'd rather miss out on the twist.
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- Nov 07, 2020
That whole idea of chick lit being a thing that you just lump all the commercial female writers into - it went on for years.I'd switch on the radio, and I'd hear, 'Two female authors are here to discuss chick lit - is it dead?' and I'd think, 'Argh, no, not again. Are we seriously still having this conversation?'
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people out there who would enjoy my books but wouldn't pick them up because they think it's not going to be for them. I find it infuriating.There's a lot more going on in my books than just romance.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Flowers would be wasted on me. I don't like valentines. I don't need gifts. I'm a pragmatic romantic.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the fact that my husband and I have been together for a long time and have a warm and colourful history together.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1995, I was 27, and I completely got caught up in Blur and Oasis and the fashion of the time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was brought up in the same house I was born in, and I lived there until I left home as an adult. I also went to a Catholic school, which was full of Irish girls whose parents never split up, so everyone I knew had these big family set-ups.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only way you can write about a happy family in a drama is to make them unhappy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My publishers find me really challenging, as a lot of the time, I don't even know what I'm going to be writing about until I sit down to do it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that not being proactive is a good thing. I like life to unfold on its own.
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- Nov 07, 2020
People with big ideas worry. They lie awake at night and fret as they try to climb up the social or financial ladder. They probably feel proud of themselves for what they've achieved, but I'm proud of the fact that I've done very little - and hence have little to worry about - and I've still got somewhere.
- Circumstances
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the optimum circumstances for writing a book are those of stultifying routine.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take the six weeks of the school summer holidays off because I'm pretty sure I'm not going to look back on my life one day and say, 'Damn, I wish I hadn't spent so much time with my children.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really get into a writing routine until March or April, when I'll write a few hundred words a day, often in a cafe in the morning after the school run.
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- Nov 07, 2020