In Other Words, The People Who Populate

The Best Way To Learn About Writing Is To Study The Work Of Other Writers You Admire.

Generally My Typical Books Have Lots Of Twists And Turns A Big Surprise Ending And Then Usually Another Surprise At The End And Ideally, As In Garden Of Beasts, We Get To The Very End And We Find At The Last Few Pages That There's Yet Another Surprise.

I've Often Said That There's No Such Thing As Writer's Block; The Problem Is Idea Block. When I Find Myself Frozen-whether I'm Working On A Brief Passage In A Novel Or Brainstorming About An Entire Book-it's Usually Because I'm Trying To Shoehorn An Idea Into The Passage Or Story Where It Has No Place.

That's The Past For You. Not Only Does It Come Back At The Most Unexpected, And Inconvenient, Times But It's Set In Stone.

You Think Publishing Is Tough But The Music World Is Ten Times Tougher.