I Have Two Children. They Are More

Usually When I'm Trying To Establish Character, I Try And Find Out Where They Live.

There's A Real Emphasis On Being Witty In Scotland, Even In Crime Novels.

Novelisation Doesn't Imply The Truth. Readers Are Sophisticated Enough To Know That.

In The 'garnethill' Trilogy, People Always Forget That Maureen O'donnell's Dad Was A Journalist And She Did Art History At Uni And Her Brother Did Law, But No-one Ever Thinks They're Middle-class - They're Just Working Class Because They Speak With Accents.

In Prose, Leaps Of Logic Can Be Made While The Protagonist Thinks About Things And Arrives At Conclusions. Even With Voiceover, There's No Real Way Of Having An Inner Voice Without It Taking Over The Entire Story.