Critics Should Find Meaningful Work.

I Did Get Tired Of Hearing That Criticism Years Ago. That Is Not A Compliment. Being Labeled A "beach Read" Is A Put-down. So, I Did Deliberately Set Out To Write A Book, Camino Island, That Would Be Very Entertaining And Compulsively Readable And We Published It On June 6 In Time For Summer Vacation, Hoping That People Would Buy It And Take It To The Beach.

Writing's Still The Most Difficult Job I've Ever Had - But It's Worth It.

I Always Do Book Signings With The Same Blue Pen. That Way, If I Add A Personalised Message To A Book I've Already Signed, It'll Be In The Same Colour As My Signature.

Death Row Is A Nightmare To Serial Killers And Ax Murderers. For An Innocent Man, It's A Life Of Mental Torture That The Human Spirit Is Not Equipped To Survive.

An Outline Is Crucial. It Saves So Much Time. When You Write Suspense, You Have To Know Where You're Going Because You Have To Drop Little Hints Along The Way. With The Outline, I Always Know Where The Story Is Going. So Before I Ever Write, I Prepare An Outline Of 40 Or 50 Pages.