I think of novels as houses. You live in them over the course of a long period, both as a reader and as a writer.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Novels are the means by which we can escape the moment we are imprisoned in, but at the same time, the roots of a novel are in the world in which it is written. We write, and we read, to understand the world we live in.
I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care.
To me, novels are a trip of discovery, and you discover things that you don't know and you assume that many of your readers don't know, and you try to bring them to life on the page.
A house with any kind of age will have dozens of stories to tell. I suppose if a novelist could live long enough, one could base an entire oeuvre on the lives that weave in and out of an antique house.
One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.
I do understand my limitations as a fiction writer, which is why my novels are always going to be close to home.
I think of my novels as entertainments.
I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development.
Novel writing wrecks homes.
I don't very often read novels.