“I work in my study, taking the collections of words that people send me and making small adjustments to them, changing something here and there, checking everything is in order and putting a part of myself into the text by introducing just a little bit of difference. ("Substitutions")”
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Michael Marshall Smith, born on May 3, 1965, is a renowned British novelist. His works are known for their suspense, science fiction, and fantasy elements, which have won him a dedicated following. more
“one of the mugs, robin saw, read keep clam and proofread”
“A book's never gonna be perfect, but then the Romans believed perfection angered the gods.”
“All writing is guilty until proven innocent.”
“a life can change in a tenth of a second. or sometimes it can take 70 years.”
“a leather cuirass of boiled leather”