Six Novelists, Six Odd Objects: The Little Things That Kick-Started a Book
Every novel starts somewhere — and it is rarely where the author claims. We asked six UK writers to nominate the strange object that lit the fuse under their latest book, with results involving a brass thimble, a mislabelled cassette and a weather vane with a grudge. Plus: a short, practical sidebar on how to cultivate curiosity before it curdles into scrolling.