Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself.

When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then close my eyes and go at it. Yes, I can touch type.

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.

But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.