To Create Something You Want To Sell,

Giordino...simply Sighed In Resignation. "who Else," He Asked No One In Particular, "but Dirk Pitt Could Tramp Off Into A Blizzard On An Uninhabited Backwater Island In The Antarctic And Discover A Beautiful Girl?

I Plot As I Go. Many Novelists Write An Outline That Has Almost As Many Pages As Their Ultimate Book. Others Knock Out A Brief Synopsis... Do What Is Comfortable. If You Have To Plot Out Every Move Your Characters Make, So Be It. Just Make Sure There Is A Plausible Purpose Behind Their Machinations. A Good Reader Can Smell A Phony Plot A Block Away.

When I First Started Writing, I Was In Advertising At The Time, I Was Doing Most Of My Writing On Weekends. I Had Studied Most Of The Other Series Heroes And I Figured It Would Be Fun For Mine To Be Different And Put Him In And Around Water. So I Dreamed Up Dirk Pitt.

To Create Something You Want To Sell, You First Study And Research The Market, Then You Develop The Product To The Best Of Your Ability.

My Friends Joke That I Raised The Titanic And Never Left The Rockies.