To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.

It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.

I started out of course with Hemingway when I learned how to write. Until I realized Hemingway doesn't have a sense of humor. He never has anything funny in his stories.

It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.

Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue... I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she asseverated" and had to stop reading and go to the dictionary.

There's nothing like work to take your mind off your worries.

I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.