Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

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The crime novel has always been my favourite genre.

The crime novel has always been my favourite genre.

I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that...

I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that...

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when...

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when...

In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and...

In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and...

I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.

I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.

You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.

You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in...

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in...

It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating.

It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating.

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to...

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to...

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and...

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and...

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel.

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel.

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial...

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial...

Write what you care about.

Write what you care about.

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's...

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's...

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs.

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs.

People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open...

People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open...

The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's...

The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's...

The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.

The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.

Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers,...

Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers,...