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Until now, I've been a kind of binge-writer - I'll carve out five or six hours on a weekend day and make a large container of espresso and just bang out a lot of words.

Writing is a creatively rewarding occupation but for me very time consuming.

I used to have a real passion for writing, but not so much anymore - probably because I do too much of it.

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories.

I go through periods of not writing. Until there's something I can't find in the world that I need, so I write.

I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

I binge write, basically. I do a lot of prep, research, setup. I'll have a pretty detailed outline. Sort of like a beat outline. And then I'll add little notes and dialogue ideas, and I'll just create a 20-page document.

I started writing because I found I could spend more time in my own imagination by doing that than I could by reading.