I do want to write about Jane Whitefield again, but only when I have a good enough idea - something I've figured out about her that's news and that's worth a reader's time.

If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas.

Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer.

Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities.

I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre.

Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.

I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read.