Many people think that they’ll be happiest when they’ve a...

Many people think that they’ll be happiest when they’ve achieved their heart’s desires. I sometimes entertain that falsehood myself. But what I’ve found to be true in my life is that I’m happiest when I’m in the midst of doing my heart’s desires. This week I’m on the final straight of completing the first draft of The Cambridge University Witches. I’m sprinting along, writing about 2,500 words a day & pretty much giddy with glee in the process. This isn’t because I know it’s going to be published. I once wrote a huge book about my travels in America, no one has ever read it but me, but I had an absolute blast doing it. For me, writing books is the adult equivalent of Oscar building brick towers and knocking them down. He’s completely immersed in the process, squealing and shrieking with delight when his bricks tumble down, then building them up again. Yes, I love holding a finished book in my hands. But that small sense of satisfaction is absolutely nothing compared to the great joy I glean from creating it in the first place.