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I'm hoping to get started on a new novel.

Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely.

I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've never heard of before.

You write, hoping to write a good book; that's it.

I think a lot of readers are looking for a book they can talk about.

As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.

As soon as I finished the first book, I wrote a second, which I hope to sell this year, and I have just about finished the third book in the series. Two more are already outlined. I'm in this for the long haul.

I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea that there is a book in my future.

I'm thinking my next book should be set on a tropical island, which will obviously require days, even weeks of meticulous research, but I'm prepared to make that sacrifice. That's just the sort of dedicated writer I am.

The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you.