How I Created Illustrations for My Adult Novel

I always had a very strong visual sense of many of the scenes, because I think very visually and because I tend to sketch as I go along. And so when they said they were going to get it illustrated, I quite shyly said, well, you know, I have a few pictures that you can look at. But I was very concerned that it not looked like a vanity project, because I wasn't used to putting my illustrations out there. Now they're out there, they're in the text.