He's My Client, And He's Counting On

He's My Client, And He's Counting On Me. I'll Take Him, Warts And All.

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.

I've Written 17 Novels, And I've Found Out That Fiction Can't Keep Up With Real Life.

So Many Book Sections In Newspapers And Magazines Used To Be Lively And Vibrant Places. Now They Are Gone. You Just Don't See Many Reviews Anymore. I Can't Control That, So I Don't Worry About It. I Just Try To Do What I Do And Write Books That People Find Every Entertaining. I Don't Worry About The Critics.

My Decision To Become A Lawyer Was Irrevocably Sealed When I Realized My Father Hated The Legal Profession.