She believed not in divine salvation but in the proposition that we poor mortals are fully capable of saving ourselves, if conditions and inclination….

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge..

We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets - and oh how we squander those moments..

Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself..

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them..

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block.

It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wa….

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 pas….

Sometimes you can't be what you ought to be, you can't have what you ought to have..

Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as in Garden….

People want to avoid the past. I suppose that's natural. When we tally up all we've said and done over the years, despite the wonderful memories, the….

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict..

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about..

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher..

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say.

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 th….

That's the past for you. Not only does it come back at the most unexpected, and inconvenient, times but it's set in stone..

When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level..

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire..

And life changes. Maybe just a little, maybe a lot. And at some point, it just isn't worth the fight to fix it..

For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story..