I jotted down nine quotes from panelists at Left Coast Crime (April 7 – 10) in Albuquerque:
“Don’t be afraid to break the rules that need to be broken to tell the story you need to tell.” – Mysti Berry, writer, editor, and publisher of Low Down Dirty Vote
“All writing comes down to saying ‘this is done.’ You can’t keep rewriting it forever.” – James D.F. Hannah, the Shamus Award-winning author of the Henry Malone series including Behind the Wall of Sleep
“Patience is one of the hardest parts of writing.” – Amy Drayer, author of the Makah Island Mysteries
“Someone said your plots are just this side of ludicrous and I thought, challenge accepted!” – Catriona McPherson, author of the Dandy Gilver Mystery Series, the Last Ditch Mystery Series, and many standalone novels
“Do not do what I did—give up on yourself.” – Wanda M. Morris, author of All Her Little Secrets
“I am the right kind of lazy to be a writer.” – Jordan Harper, author of She Rides Shotgun
“If you can put a character in ANY place, that’s not a good book. Character is 1. Place is 1A.” – Reed Farrel Coleman, author of twenty novels including The Bitterest Pill and Where It Hurts
“The last thing we want to be is bored by our own characters.” – Michael Wiley, author of the Sam Kelson Mystery Series and the Daniel Turner Thriller Series
“Readers don’t look for moral instruction, they look for narrative satisfaction.” – Mick Herron, author of the Slough House series including Slow Horses
Great quotes. I’ll keep some as reminders. Thanks!
Belated thanks, Karen!
“I am the right kind of lazy to be a writer.” LOVE IT!