William landay

Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.
Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.
You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.
Genes are not simple triggers. No one is hardwired to commit murder or any other crime. Our actions are always the result of stupendously complex gene-environment interactions, and environment is...
I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.
Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.
I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.
I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.