Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.

A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.

I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.

Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.

I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.

I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?

Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it's as if another writer is on the scene.