Red Room Where the Writers Are

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• I don't know Ryoma, I think

  I don't know Ryoma, I think I'm just one of those pathologically 'busy' people. There's nothing I hate more than feeling that I've wasted the day!

• Apple and banana pie?!!

  Oh, I love the sound of your apple and banana pie! Could you send some over to me? ; ) We have plenty of frozen fruit from last year, too - gooseberries and raspberries.

• Hi Ryoma, I have to say that

  Hi Ryoma, I have to say that there are a lot of things that I do like about winter - the fireworks, the hearty warming food, the mulled wine, the parties...

• Coffee, tea, coffee coffee tea tea

  Michael, interesting that you can write in any cafe. I wish I was the same! Most of my writing is done at home, unless I'm away on a road trip somewhere.

• Hi Ryoma

  The decision to edit the book down has come from me, after I read a piece of advice on the W&A website about novel length.

• Hi Ryoma, I love your blog!

  Hi Ryoma, I love your blog! (In fact it was one of your blog entries that brought me to Red Room in the first place...

• Louise, thanks! Ha, damn

  Louise, thanks! Ha, damn those botany professors and their literary criticisms.... Thanks for the encouragement thought!

• Heh. Everybody's got their

  Heh. Everybody's got their strange habits, good to know I'm not alone!

• Of course! (You didn't find

  Of course! (You didn't find out by googling your own name, did you?!)

• Hey, Jodi! Thanks for the

  Hey, Jodi! Thanks for the comment. For some reason, I can get by with extraneous noise (people slamming car doors outside, mowing their lawns, etc) but when it's in the same room...