I Always Try To Make The Setting

An Author Knows His Landscape Best; He Can Stand Around, Smell The Wind, Get A Feel For His Place.

Women Are Extremely Important Shapers Of My Own Life.

Although I Wasnt Able To Get A Visa For Vietnam, I Was Able To Talk With Swift Boat Veterans To Get A Feel For The Time And Place, And I Visited A Tropical Prison In The Philippines To Get A Sense Of What A Vietnamese Prison Might Have Been Like.

I Always Have One Or Two, Sometimes More, Navajo Or Other Tribes' Cultural Elements In Mind When I Start A Plot. In Thief Of Time, I Wanted To Make Readers Aware Of Navajo Attitude Toward The Dead, Respect For Burial Sites.

The First Chapter Law Is, "don't Spend Much Time On It. You're Going To Have To Rewrite It."