I Looked At Her And Tried To

Writing Was Not A Childhood Dream Of Mine. I Do Not Recall Longing To Write As A Student. I Wasn't Sure How To Start.

An Outline Is Crucial. It Saves So Much Time. When You Write Suspense, You Have To Know Where You're Going Because You Have To Drop Little Hints Along The Way. With The Outline, I Always Know Where The Story Is Going. So Before I Ever Write, I Prepare An Outline Of 40 Or 50 Pages.

I Did Get Tired Of Hearing That Criticism Years Ago. That Is Not A Compliment. Being Labeled A "beach Read" Is A Put-down. So, I Did Deliberately Set Out To Write A Book, Camino Island, That Would Be Very Entertaining And Compulsively Readable And We Published It On June 6 In Time For Summer Vacation, Hoping That People Would Buy It And Take It To The Beach.

I Guess Under The Right Circumstances, A Man Will Do Just About Anything.

And They Drank Heavily, Partied With Great Enthusiasm, And Relished The Drug Culture; They Moved In And Out And Slept Around, And This Was Okay Because They Defined Their Own Morality. They Were Fighting For The Mexicans And The Redwoods, Dammit! They Had To Be Good People!