I have a different purpose in writing each novel. Some of them seem more similar than others, but the purposes are always different.
Jesse BallAs far as ideas about book design: I have plenty. But I also try and let people do their jobs.
Jesse BallOne can't say how one behaved or why, really. Such situations, they are far more complex than any either/or proposition. It is simplistic to produce events in pairs and lean them against each other like cards. I suppose if you a playing go or shogi, then such a thing might be helpful, but that is not life.
Jesse Ball