"So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot."

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"So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot."

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"That most limited of all specialists, the "well-rounded man"."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"The world system is employment."

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"Police officers are poorly paid for a very stressful job that has them in very high powered radio frequency (RF) fields and in a daily environment that may result in them being assaulted, maimed or killed."

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"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."

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"Do not be weary to make money."

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"My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer."

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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."

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"Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live."

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"Next to us is not the workman whom we have hired, with whom we love so well to talk, but the workman whose work we are."

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"Be robust enough to work more than a robot!"

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"I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important."

Challenge

"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 wade through blood at crime scenes."

Blood

"Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence."

Crime

"Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with."

Time

"I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book."

Writing

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

Relationship

"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."

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"Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories."

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

Books

"When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then close my eyes and go at it. Yes, I can touch type."

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