I Love Being The Bad Guy, Simply

I Try To Weave A Secret Into Each Plot. It's The Thread That Holds The Rest Of The Story Fabric Together. In Fact, It's The Reason For The Story. I Hint At The Secret Early On. Immediately I Want The Reader To Get The Feeling That Something Here Isn't Quite Right. It Helps Maintain The Suspense If A Puzzling Element Is Introduced In The First Few Pages Of The Book, But The Answer Isn't Revealed Until The Final Ones. Hopefully, Readers Want To Know What The Heck Is Really Going On, And It's The Desire To Find Out That Keeps Them Turning Pages.

I Don't Panic Unless I Have To. Wastes Energy.

I Think Of My Books Now As Suspense Novels, Usually With A Love Story Incorporated. They're Absolutely A Lot Harder To Write Than Romances. They Take More Plotting And Real Character Development.

He Won't Hurt Me. I Have A Secret Weapon.

I'm Going To Marry You. I Thought You'd Like To Know In Case You Wanted To Buy A Dress Or Something.