Kate had never been married, so she had no way of knowing if I was a normal husband. This has been good for our marriage.

Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.

I've always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you'll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm Beach. It's a very special area that, because of local demographics, is not going to survive much longer.

I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.

I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my generation, I was very much caught up in the Cold War, and books and movies about espionage.

It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.

Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.