What is your writing day like?  When and how do you create ? My days tend to very eclectic because I have a very fragmented life! I usually get up around 5am, do half an hour of yoga, then get started with a pot of tea on hand. At the moment, I am studying, working a part-time job, contracting as a freelance writer and editor, and writing my own books. Plus, I have two kids (out of four) still at home and my mum living with me temporarily. And I volunteer in a couple of places. Hence the fragmentation.  I spend a lot of time trying to pull my mind into one place (and make it stay there), so when I’m working on something creative, I find it best to try and do that in the morning. Once I’ve arrived at writing, I find it easy to stay there, because I enjoy it immensely, and then it stays with me too, throughout my day.  Where do your best ideas come from? How do you develop them further? My ideas tend to arrive of their own accord, like shards of something sparkly and promis...