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I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour.

I'm a passionate believer in revision, and a lot of my writing gets done during revision process. It isn't just tweaking: I tend to break it apart and remake it every time I do a new draft.

When I know I'm going to work on a cover, I practically run to the computer! After working with words for so long, it's lovely to do something that's creative yet also the professional equivalent of scribbling in your own coloring book.

I highlight everything I find interesting, and then type out everything I've highlighted, and then print out everything I've typed, and reread these printed notes as often as possible.

I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift.

I have yellow post-it notes plastered all over my office - they help me stay organized.

Editing is such a voyeuristic treat for me. I land on a theme and ask authors to pen works that fit the topic.

I still do some inking here and there and I've actually got a book that I'm going to ink entirely.

I'm glad I wrote them when I did because I think if I were to write my first novel now, it would be a different book, and it may not be the book that everybody wants to read. But if I were given a red pen now, and I went back... I'd take that thing apart.