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I never thought my ideas would actually get published.

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in.

If I am thinking the same as everyone why bother pushing to get it published?

I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.

Publishers were ever eager for authors to do their own publicity because nobody else was willing to do it for nothing. But then it became clear that if you want somebody to champion the story, there's nobody better than the person who made it all up.

I've got lots of books sitting here that have never been published because nobody could make any marketing sense of them.

But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start.

The idea is not enough. And the most annoying thing for me as a writer is that people will come up to me and say, 'Hey, I've got a great idea for a book. I'm not a writer, but I've got a great story.'