On the Booktopia blog, author Arnold Zable was asked ‘Ten Terrifying Questions’. The last of them is, what advice would you give aspiring writers? Zable replies: “Life comes first, writing second. Travel, enter diverse worlds, keep a journal as you go, be attentive to the details of everyday life, be a participant as much as an observer, and listen to the many tales that always come your way. The rest is persistence.”