I Spend Eight Months Outlining

Ideally, I Like To Integrate The Human Issues Into The Suspense Story Itself.

I've Often Said That There's No Such Thing As Writer's Block; The Problem Is Idea Block. When I Find Myself Frozen-whether I'm Working On A Brief Passage In A Novel Or Brainstorming About An Entire Book-it's Usually Because I'm Trying To Shoehorn An Idea Into The Passage Or Story Where It Has No Place.

In The Shaded Portions Where The Two Spheres Of Different Lives Meet, Certain Fundamentals- Moods, Loves, Fears, Angers- Can't Be Hidden. That's The Contract.

She Was Reflecting Back On A Truth She Had Learned Over The Years: That People Heard What They Wanted To Hear, Saw What They Wanted, Believed What They Wanted.

In Other Words, The People Who Populate My Books Are More Than Caricatures.