People Are Quite Frequently Eccentric.

Why Are We Reading A Shakespeare Play Or 'huckleberry Finn?' Well, Because These Works Are Great, But They Also Tell Us Something About The Times In Which They Were Created. Unfortunately, Previous Eras And Dead Authors Often Used Language Or Accepted As Normal Sentiments That We Now Find Unacceptable.

Because Your Goal Is A Complete Rough Draft Of A Novel, And Every Rough Draft, By Being Complete, Is Perfect.

Before I Write A Novel, Images Float Around In My Head That Work Like Icons - They Are Meaningless In Themselves, But Serve As Reminders.

I Thought I Might Write Mysteries For The Rest Of My Life.

There Weren't Too Many Books By Women That Were Taught In School, So I Read Those On My Own, And The Books I Read Were As Accessible As The Ones We Were Reading In School.