I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include in the novel, and before I know, I've wasted an entire morning delving into that subject matter without a word written.

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves.

Books are keys that open many doors -- James Rollins

Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.

With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block.

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald.