I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

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

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

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

For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

Six Seconds is a great read. Echoing Ludlum and Forsythe, author Mofina has penned a big, solid international thriller that grabs your gut -- and your heart -- in the opening scenes and never lets go.

In the shaded portions where the two spheres of different lives meet, certain fundamentals- moods, loves, fears, angers- can't be hidden. That's the contract.