Goodreads asked Miles Watson:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Miles Watson I suppose it's the ability to create worlds, places, and people who didn't exist previously, and give those things color and life, so that they become as real in the mind of the audience as something that actually exists. Extending that feeling, nothing is more satisfying than the realization you have created a character who has taken on a life of his or her own -- who isn't content to do what you want as the person plotting the story, but will only do as their personality demands. It didn't work out so well for Dr. Frankenstein but it's a great moment for a novelist.

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