Life as a Writer

My brother Neil phoned me from the SFF section of a bookshop in Brighton, asking for any recommendations. Someone standing nearby overhead him and said, "The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss."

Neil asked me my opinion.

"I haven't read it," I replied. "But I've heard it's really good."

And then the passer-by asked Neil if he could recommend a book in turn.

Neil picked a copy of Scar Night from the shelf and handed it to him. "The author's on the phone," he said, "if you want to speak to him....