I Didn't Write Anything Until I Was

I Didn't Want It To Be A Book That Made Pronouncements.

We Make Choices But Are Constantly Foiled By Happenstance.

Grief-stricken. Stricken Is Right; It Is As Though You Had Been Felled. Knocked To The Ground; Pitched Out Of Life And Into Something Else.

I Do Like To Embed A Fictional Character Firmly In An Occupation.

I Didn't Think I Had Anything Particular To Say, But I Thought I Might Have Something To Say To Children.