The Desire To Write A Novel Is

Well, In Fact Everybody - Everybody - In The Entire Nation Has Enough Stuff In Their Life To Write About That's Interesting That They Could Write Their Autobiography. And In The End That's Why I Find People Interesting.

When A Novel Has 200,000 Words, Then It Is Possible For The Reader To Experience 200,000 Delights, And To Turn Back To The First Page Of The Book And Experience Them All Over Again, Perhaps More Intensely.

After A Long Day, Folk Rest At Night. After A Long Summer, Folk Play Games And Sit About In The Winter. After A Long Life Folk Sit About The Fire And Stay Warm, For The Chill Of Death Is Upon Them, And Even The Thickest Bearskin Can't Keep Off The Shivering.

Before I Write A Novel, Images Float Around In My Head That Work Like Icons - They Are Meaningless In Themselves, But Serve As Reminders.

Eavesdrop And Write It Down From Memory - Gives You A Stronger Sense Of How People Talk And What Their Concerns Are. I Love To Eavesdrop!