Breaking My Own Mould as a Fiction Author, Writing Out of the Shadows, and Gwain's Giving Personality.
Out of the Shadows is a story I was not expecting to write. The idea just came to me and – as is my way – I jumped on it impulsively and went with it. But Katherine Green is not an easy character to get to grips with, and what she goes through is so intimate, intricate, and terrible that it was important I wrote it well so that it would not come across as gratuitous, but would come across as in-depth. I definitely think I've succeeded. If you've been following me a while, you'll know I've in the past been known for writing sex scenes in an explicit, raw way, especially associated with romance scenes (although just as much when writing dark, horrific scenes that are certainly not romantic). I really do love writing those scenes, but stories need to be written in a way to suit the characters and feel of the overall book, and the fear I've had is that I would find it hard to break out of that reader expectation when I wanted to write something that couldn't inclu...
