Also you need to have a skill; you might call it a gift. It means that you have to love to tell stories and have to love words and enjoy being completely involved in complexities and little details.
- Do you have a favourite novel among your own?
My first was special just because it was my first one. It changes actually all the time. I wrote one for Valentine’s Day which was about a couple that ended up having twin babies which were completely unplanned and that was a lovely book to write and it was very popular in America.
Each one I hate as I finish it because you have to go back and edit and proofread it, so you start thinking: 'why did you write that?'
- Do you have any particular process of writing?
Always late. And I’m very character-driven when I’m writing. I am very interested in creating characters and thinking what could happen to them. It is similar to having a remote control in your hand.
- What are your future plans? Have you ever considered your book being adapted for TV?
I’d be thrilled if a TV company rang and told me: 'we are interested in making your book into a little film'. Yes, it would be wonderful.
It is something I have to regard as a job and you are paid to do it. On the other hand, I don’t think you could do it only for money; you have to do it because you have to do it. And the fact that you get paid is just a bonus really.
FemaleFirst Zair Kashek