With Two Books A Year, I Don't

I've Mis-signed Many A Book Rollins Or Clemens. My Readers Quickly Become Aware. Booksellers Will Often Promote Me Under Both Names, And I Do Plug Both At Signings. Generally, The Fantasy Reader Has No Problem Going Into The Suspense Genre. It's Harder For The Typical Suspense Reader To Go The Other Direction.

Festina Lente. Make Haste Slowly.

Fiction Writing Was In My Blood From A Very Young Age, But I Never Considered Writing As A Real Career. I Thought You Had To Have Some Literary Pedigree To Be A Successful Author, The Son Of Hemingway Or Fitzgerald.

I Read Anything I Could Get My Hands On: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Thrillers. I Even Became Hooked On The Bantam Reprints Of The Old Pulp Novels From Thirties And Forties: Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Avenger.

I Don't Actually Have A One Wellspring Of Inspiration. Though I'm Most Often Inspired While Reading - Both Fiction And Nonfiction.