Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.
Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.
I'm always reading several books at the same time, depending on how deeply engrossed in it I am, if it's fiction and if it captures me.
Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.
The books I like to read the most feel like they've been written by somebody who had to write them or go crazy. They had to get them out of their heads. I like that kind of urgency.
I have to feel what I'm writing, right down to the core.
It's just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated.
I often turn to my books when my own writing is having a hard time.
Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people like or dislike it.