In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary.

He had been granted his life's wish-but conditionally.

The duck swallows the worm, the fox kills the duck, the men shoot the fox, and the devil hunts the men.

I enjoy learning technical details.

Most of my stories have some basis in fact.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.