We've just had an abnormally dry winter.

We're officially abnormally dry, but we're not in a drought.

we experienced a very dry mid-winter last year, and that is something we never anticipated.

What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance.

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.

What is important is not what you hear said, it's what you observe.