I think everyone assumes that I talk to my parents a lot about writing, but I didn't - they're my parents. We didn't have constant workshops running in my household.
From Jesse Kellerman
I don't intend to write the same kind of book for the rest of my life because I feel I would not be satisfied only writing in one mode.
Being a member of the Nintendo generation, I've got a really short attention span.
I had some trepidation about working with someone else, especially a family member. You don't want work to affect your personal relationship.
I had some experience writing collaboratively when I wrote for the theatre.
All writers start out mimicking other writers. I've never relinquished that. I have a good ear for speech and writing patterns.
The final product in a play is not just the written word. It's the production, the performance. The script is, of course, a very important piece; but it's only one element. Ultimately, yours is one of several voices. People can change your work in a play for better or worse.
It's not as though I decided to sit down and write a mystery novel so I could capitalize on my parents' success.
Writing is just something I've always done. It's just kind of the reality of who I am.
The mystery form was very helpful for me as a beginning writer because mystery novels and suspense novels have a beginning, a middle and an end.
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