When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say.

To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller coaster ride of a suspense story I can possibly think of.

I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.

I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book.