'The ‘secret’ to finishing a novel can be found in two words - patience and consistency'

I have to sit down every day at my desk and put the hours in, whether I feel like it or not, the same as any other job

I was having lunch with two friends of mine, both women, both authors.

After discussing the important issues, like ‘what job would you love to have if you weren’t an author?’ (mine - an art curator for luxury hotels), we exchanged notes on the strangest questions we’d been asked at events.