I wish I’d known…
with Laura James
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.