I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with except wrap old fish.

Plausible development, building from what we know about what really did go on, and a whacking good story… Surrounded by Enemies delivers on both, big-time. So hold on to your hats, folks. You’re in for quite a ride.

I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with except wrap old fish.

A horsefly can't do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow.

People were as they were, not not as he wished them to be.

I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day. Don't always, but I try. Then I clean up in the rewrites.

I'm a social caterpillar. I am not a social butterfly