I'm Christine and we've been married for forty years. Malcolm Noble didn't write his first book until 2003 which means I've only been married to a writer for thirteen years. It feels much longer! My main role is to explain to Malcolm that some of his ideas are bad ideas. (He has a rude word for this which we needn't mention.) When he gave up his proper job and began to write much more, I took charge of the address book. Not because I wanted to help. It was because Malcolm hasn't a clue about keeping things in order so it was easier for me to have the address book than to help sort out the mess when it went wrong. This has led to me being more involved with press contacts and his regular readers. Another way that I help is by working out the exact word he is looking for. This can be frustrating because his clues are often of little use. (You should try solving one of his crossword puzzles.) The example I always think of is - the word for walking slowly around a house. (I'll give the answer later on.) There are a couple…