I don't plot with huge detail, just big moments and important elements, and then I have a structure but can fly by the seat of my pants when I write.

I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.

Sometimes I write captions on the in-flight magazines and then replace them in the seat pocket.

It's going to be a fly-by-the-seat of our pants kind of week.

I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.

I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about.