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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people who read Tolstoy or Dostoevski who do not insist that their endings be happy or pleasant or, at least, not be depressing. But if you're writing mysteries - oh, no, you can't have an ending like that. It must be tidy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do read P.D. James because she pays much more attention to character, to a particular atmosphere or setting. But most mystery writers, I think, are controlled by the plot.
- Readings
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do Q&As, not readings.
- Cat
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- Nov 07, 2020
My black cat was named Blackie.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll see something or hear something. Sometimes, it can be a color. Or a piece of music. Or an image of some kind. I see something, and it has huge emotional weight, although I have no idea why.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love stories. I just enjoy telling stories and watching what these characters do - although writing continues to be just as hard as it always was.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have to hang around a pub, really, to get an idea. I usually visit it once, get the layout, the atmosphere, the feel of it.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have readers tell me that I must be bored, but that's not true. I am never bored with the characters. I like them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing a mystery is more difficult than other kinds of books because a mystery has a certain framework that must be superimposed over the story.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you write the first book of a series, you do have to be careful what you put in because then you are stuck with it.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020