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My subconscious and I get to talking

My subconscious and I get to talking

By Meg Rosoff on 15 February 2011

MEG: OK.  So the guy in the book has disappeared.  Why has he disappeared? SUBCONSCIOUS:  How should I know. M: What kind of an answer is that?  Think!  Why would a middle aged guy with a good job, a beautiful house and a new baby just walk out, just like that? S: It’s your book. [...]

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Losing the Plot

Losing the Plot

By Meg Rosoff on 31 October 2010

I didn’t write books for the first 45 years of my life for a variety of reasons, the main one being that I was no good at plot (I’m no good at ballet or calculus either). This is not an example of false modesty — I’m really no good at How Things Work and What [...]

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