The writing ethic was influenced - when you have to write every day, there's no such thing as writer's block.

I've learned over the years that sometimes if you ask the same question more than once you get different responses.

I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art.

I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system.

You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.

Ingeniously plotted and executed, Print the Legend is an epic masterpiece from Craig McDonald. Beginning to end, I was riveted by this story of character, history and intrigue.

Momentum was momentum, whether you found it in music or on the street or in the beat of your own heart.