- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pulp paperbacks have always provided a training ground for men, Some of them went on to become respected authors - Dean Koontz, Nelson DeMille and Martin Cruz Smith, for example. Why couldn't a woman?
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Mosaic' is about what we see and what we don't see. I learned how people can develop other senses to compensate for a missing one when I was a child. My best friend, Carol, who is profoundly deaf, saved me from an approaching car that she 'heard' when I didn't.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writers sometimes ruin a book by adding a lighthearted mood at the wrong moment.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't have to resolve every problem of the book at the end, but you do have to resolve some.
- Nov 07, 2020
Use plot to buttress a story.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't want to become guilty of plagiarism by letting someone else's words get inadvertently mixed in with your own. If you do feel the need to paste in a block of research while you're writing, be sure to highlight the copied text in a different color so you can go back and remove or rewrite it entirely later.
- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Get in the habit of vetting your research as you go - particularly research conducted online. Verify facts from multiple reputable sources before you record them.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always looked upon research as an opportunity to satisfy my curiosity. But the other side of the coin is one must not be so caught up in it that one never gets the book written.
- Destiny
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ignorance is bliss, or so we're told. Personally, I find ignorance is also destiny.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1996, when my first novel, 'Masquerade,' was published, I knew international thrillers - or spy novels, if you prefer - had been the domain of male authors for decades.
- Keep Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our only solace as writers is in the work itself, and perhaps also in a penchant for blissful ignorance that allows us to gamble, to risk, to keep going where others would tote up the odds and stop.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're not in the hands of an expert editor, you really can go wrong in a lot of different ways.
- Plot
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- Nov 07, 2020
The villain drives the plot.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've seen unpublished manuscripts where the writer doesn't know they are making fun of the villain - but they are. If you aren't afraid of your villain, how can your hero be afraid?
- Excited
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look realistically at espionage thrillers again. They're not only alive, readers are excited about them.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020