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Sorry, I don't do castles. I hate those winding turret stairs.

People who think I have insulted Ireland or Limerick or my family have not read the book!

I saw an e-mail from one guy who's about 23 to one of peers. His parting sign-off was 'Don't let the bedbugs bite.' Now that's really poetic.

I have mortally opposed the English king; I have stormed and taken the towns and castles which he unjustly claimed as his own.

'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen. For a second, I'm 10 years old again, waiting for the postman's whistle to slice the stillness of an Australian afternoon.

I have been overwhelmed by the response to 'The Queen of Zombie Hearts.'

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

I'd love to own Newstead, partly because it belonged to Lord Byron, but also to try to uncover what dark secrets really lie beneath.

I still have the sword of Inigo Montoya - it's mine!

I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.