Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

People with children and people with their own business always pick up a ringing phone.

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block

I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.