I have to admit that I learned a lot in doing my interview with Charlaine Harris. First, Ms. Harris has lived a charmed life, selling pretty much every novel she’s ever written! What a blessing!
But green-eyed jealousy aside, the best lesson I learned from her is that mysteries don’t have to be quite so intimidating to write as I often have built them up to be in my head. They’re not rocket science or even Stimerex ES. They’re simply stories that you can go back and revise like any other novel, once you figure out everything.
What a relief. I don’t have to be a brilliant plotter on the first draft? That makes things a bit easier. It honestly does!
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