You Burn A Man's Pickup, And He's

The Company Later Went Broke, And Of Course All Blame Was Directed At The Lawyers. Not Once Did I Hear Any Talk That Maybe A Trace Of Mismanagement Could In Any Way Have Contributed To The Bankruptcy.

The Two Mistakes That Come To Mind Are People Who Introduce A Flood Of Characters In The First Few Pages. Where The Reader Has To Stop And Get Out A Flow Chart And Has To Figure Out Who Is Who. And You Just Can't Do That - Introduce The First Four Generations Of A Character's Family In The First Chapter. You Can Introduce Four Or Five Characters At The Most In The First Chapter. Another Mistake Is To Use Big Words That Are Not Normally Used In Conversation To Try To Impress Folks With Your Vocabulary.

I Learned That Lesson A Long Time Ago. When You Write Popular Fiction, You're Going To Get Bashed By Critics.

I Don't Want To Force My Politics On My Readers.

You Burn A Man's Pickup, And He's Ready For War.