Most of my stories have some basis in fact.

Most of my stories have some basis in fact.

She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'.

Why did people manufacture trouble when there was already so much of it in the world?

I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have.

I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back.

The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying.