“When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.” ~ Mary Higgins Clark

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed. ~ … More

“If you don’t allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something … More

“I love and care about literature, and great writers are our teachers. You’re studying their mind when you read their … More

“Novel-writing is a highly skilled and laborious trade. One does not just sit behind a screen jotting down other people’s … More

“Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and … More

“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six … More

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think … More

You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you’re writing.  ~ … More

“Three Rules for Literary Success: Read a lot, write a lot, and read a lot more.” ~ Robert Silverberg