Novelists tell us what they wished they’d known right at the start of their careers.
‘In the summer of 2007, surgeons fused my left wrist, a procedure necessary to alleviate the pain of long-term rheumatoid arthritis. Since I was incapacitated by a hefty slab of plaster and unable to go far, I decided it was the perfect time to write a novel. I thought writing, like reading, would be a wonderful way to escape my physical limitations and live life at full throttle, albeit virtually. I opened a fresh notepad, warmed up a new pen and wrote the words Katherine Blair.