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I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me.

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.

I tend to write it and then let go emotionally.

I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.

There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and 'live' with the characters.

I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction.

I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.