A house and a week of one's own
The joy of being responsible only for yourself
When you write a book, other people will say things to you about the books they would write, if only they had the time. My favourite was a message on Instagram from someone I don’t know, saying mine was exactly the book they had in their head, in tones that felt slightly accusatory, as if I had ever-so-slightly stolen their book.
People will say they wou…