"Writing the first draft..."

There's a reason why one of the pieces of advice given to would-be novelists is to leave their first draft rest for a few weeks before looking at it again...

"When someone tells me they can't wait to read the sequel of my novel..."

Of course, I'm overjoyed when someone tells me they want to read the sequel of my novel. But then I realise that I've got to write it (and edit it, and publish it...)... And I'm not so overjoyed... But don't worry, I'm not going to change my mind! For now at least...

"There's still a long way to go..."

That moment of exhilaration, when you've reached your goal, when you've published your book... And then you realise that if you also want to reach that elusive situation, success, the road is still very, very long, and the obstacles very, very numerous...

"I need a holiday"

"A writer's best friends"

Dogs may be Man's best friends, but a writer's best friend is certainly the cat. Even if cats take up all the room on the desk and play with the pens and like to lie down on manuscripts...