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I knew I wanted to write novels, but I could not finish what I started. The closer I got, the more ways I'd find to screw it up.

My second, third and fourth novels were mistakes, essentially.

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

I really absolutely loved writing my first book.

At thirty-five, having spent over twenty years running varied businesses for my family, I decided to sit down and write my first novel. I had never written anything longer than a couple of pages till then and was foolishly attempting to write a hundred-thousand words.

I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.