I Must Say One Thing

I Plot As I Go. Many Novelists Write An Outline That Has Almost As Many Pages As Their Ultimate Book. Others Knock Out A Brief Synopsis... Do What Is Comfortable. If You Have To Plot Out Every Move Your Characters Make, So Be It. Just Make Sure There Is A Plausible Purpose Behind Their Machinations. A Good Reader Can Smell A Phony Plot A Block Away.

To Create Something You Want To Sell, You First Study And Research The Market, Then You Develop The Product To The Best Of Your Ability.

Sometimes My Plot Lines Are So Convoluted, I Get Calls From Friends At 3 Am Saying; You Sob, You'll Never Pull This One Off.

My Friends Joke That I Raised The Titanic And Never Left The Rockies.

Giordino...simply Sighed In Resignation. "who Else," He Asked No One In Particular, "but Dirk Pitt Could Tramp Off Into A Blizzard On An Uninhabited Backwater Island In The Antarctic And Discover A Beautiful Girl?