Any Writer Would Rather Dig Into Character

I'm Not 'mr. No-by-the-book.' I Just Want To Make Sure The Character Is By The Book.

Action And Adventure On Land And Sea-you Can't Ask For More. But Robert Kurson Raises The Ante In Pirate Hunters With An Array Of Mystery And A Fleet Of Colorful Characters Spanning Four Centuries. This Is A Great Summer Read!

Now I'm Writing About Contemporary Los Angeles From Memory. My Process Was To Hang Out, Observe, Research What I Was Writing About, And Almost Immediately Go Back To My Office And Write Those Sections. So It Was A Very Close Transfer Between Observation And Writing.

Maybe It Has Something To Do With Being A Reporter For A Long Time That I Don't Look To Newspapers And Television And So Forth For Inspiration Most Of The Time.

Los Angeles Was The Kind Of Place Where Everybody Was From Somewhere Else And Nobody Really Droppped Anchor. It Was A Transient Place. People Drawn By The Dream, People Running From The Nightmare. Twelve Million People And All Of Them Ready To Make A Break For It If Necessary. Figuratively, Literally, Metaphorically -- Any Way You Want To Look At It -- Everbody In L.a. Keeps A Bag Packed. Just In Case.