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Our only solace as writers is in the work itself, and perhaps also in a penchant for blissful ignorance that allows us to gamble, to risk, to keep going where others would tote up the odds and stop.
Gayle Lynds
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Sometimes you get what you want not because it's right or fair or even smart, but because you just don't know any better.
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If you're not in the hands of an expert editor, you really can go wrong in a lot of different ways.
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If you are writing a thriller with violence in it, the ending must be violent. You are delivering a promise to your reader.
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Do you love this story? If you love it, then you've got to write it.
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The villain drives the plot.
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I've seen unpublished manuscripts where the writer doesn't know they are making fun of the villain - but they are. If you aren't afraid of your villain, how can your hero be afraid?
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Look realistically at espionage thrillers again. They're not only alive, readers are excited about them.
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I've always loved spy stories. Who can resist?
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The common wisdom is that only about 1 percent of a novelist's research ends up in his or her book. In my experience, it's even less - closer to a tenth of a percent.
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