Sara Sheridan Quotes
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The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.
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Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take for granted, indeed, hardly think about, can lead to tremendous mistakes.
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A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.
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I don't choose between my house phone and my mobile. I don't choose between my laptop and my notebook. And I don't intend to choose between my e-reader and my bookshelf.
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I didn't expect to love being online as much as I do. I've met some wonderful people and discovered that however arcane some of my interests that there are people out there who are interested too.
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Aunts offer kids an opportunity to try out ideas that don't chime with their parents and they also demonstrate that people can get on, love each other and live together without necessarily being carbon copies.
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I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.
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Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in a charity shop.
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History at its best is a gritty, dirty business.
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I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing.
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Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades.
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The new contract between writers and readers is one I'm prepared to sign up to. I've met some fascinating people at events and online. Down with the isolation of writers I say! And long live Twitter.
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Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.
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The law don't like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble.
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Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today.
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At the end of the day, that's what a family is - a group of different people who accept each other.
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Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.
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I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.
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Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.
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Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.
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Scotland consistently produces world-class writers.
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Often we don't notice the stringent rules to which our culture subjects us.
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History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.
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The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths.