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• ‟ You know that thing people say, 'poetry is the hardest, stories are the second hardest, novels are the easiest?' I'm here to tell you that novels are the hardest. Writing a novel is unbelievably difficult. It's nightmarish.

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• ‟ I like certain people's work better than my own.

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• ‟ It used to be you sat up in your attic and wrote and went down to a local cafe and talked with people there.

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• ‟ I like writing about the evil lurking in apparently good people.

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• ‟ People are surprised when Hollywood characters act the way a real person would.

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• ‟ Medicine involves dealing with people who are going through changes and cycles, often people trapped in bodies that are going out from under them. Spending time with them lets you think their way, gives you insights as a writer.

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• ‟ I really enjoy the immediacy of the 'knife and gun clubs,' as they're so callously called. Emergency is a great place to learn about people.

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