Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised every day The more you write, the easier it becomes.
Melanoma is not the most common of skin cancers, but it is the most dangerous if not found in the early stages.
I am not a big skier, but I love apres-ski wear and imagine I would look great in an all-white, fur-trimmed ski suit.
I wanted to write stories I wanted to read, that I and my friends related to.
I have a gorgeous office at home but tend not to write there because there are so many distractions.
When you're working from home and you've got children, a big night out is going to Pizza Express down the road.
When I was a student, I had a part time job as a barmaid at a dodgy pub in Kent.
What I want in a good beach read is sunshine, drama, easy-reading and transportation to another world and other people's problems.
Going through an illness and then death of a close friend has changed my attitudes to friendship enormously.
I consider myself pretty fearless, but the one thing I have always been frightened of is cancer.
I was twenty-seven when I came up with the idea for my first novel.
I no longer think you can live without passion.
I am not someone who's very good at looking after herself, and I am also not someone who goes on holiday very often.
My favorite part of speaking at events has never been the speaking, but the reading of my books.
As a teenager, you are still entirely wrapped up in yourself.
The wonderful thing about being a writer is that everything that happens is grist to the mill.
Chick lit was amazing, and I was thrilled to be part of it.
For me, decorating perfection means eclectic styles and collections of beautiful things like pottery, pillboxes and match strikers.
I have spent many a night in an Internet chat room, but not since I've been married.
I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best of all.
I do know that I have always been one of life's observers, always standing slightly on the outside, watching.
I believe it is the flaws that make us interesting, our backgrounds, the hardships.
