Write Every Day Even If It Is

The Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche Once Wrote That When You Look Into The Darkness Of The Abyss The Abyss Looks Into You. Probably No Other Line Or Thought More Inspires Or Informs My Work.

...it Is How A Person Goes About Quenching His Desires Or Living With Them Unrequited That The Readers Get A Glimpse Of His True Character.

I Think I Would Spend The First 30 Weeks Not Writing, Just Clearing My Head And Seeing Parts Of The World I Haven't Seen And Going Back To Places I Have Seen And Love.

I Would Change Very Little Because I Have Been Very, Very Fortunate. A Lot Of Things Fell Into Place For Me Simply By Happenstance. When That Happens You Don't Really Want To Change Anything, Even If You Could. Editorially My Regrets Are Few And For The Most Part Minor. I Look Back On My First Published Book And Think I Held On To It Too Long, Babied It Too Long.

I Wrote My First Real Murder Story As A Journalist For The Daytona Beach News Journal In 1980. It Was About A Body Found In The Woods. Later, The Murder Was Linked To A Serial Killer Who Was Later Caught And Executed For His Crimes.