Things are as bad as you fear they are. People are as bad as you think they are. The Universe does not care.
Charlie HustonThe violence for me is never meant to be entertaining. It's meant to hurt the characters and I'm trying to show the impact it is having on the people involved with it. If there is cathartic violence at the end, then it costs the protagonist something. It's not just a blaze-of-glory moment.
Charlie HustonThere is very little sense that anybody really knows what works or why. But that's not a shock. And I don't think market research would solve that.
Charlie HustonWomen. You tell me they're not all witches, and I'll tell you you haven't been paying attention.
Charlie HustonWriting is an art but also a craft, which means it's a job. I don't teach. This is how the groceries get on the table. You sometimes make creative sacrifices to get the job done. All that said, I'm looking forward to getting out of the two-book-a-year schedule I'm on and to getting some self-indulgence going.
Charlie Huston