At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about.
Using adverbs is a mortal sin.
What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.
Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day.
I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.
Not dreams but night changes, not destiny but path changes, always keep your hopes alive, luck may or may not change, but time definitely chages.