Okay, call me neurotic. It’s a badge I wear proudly. So, for the record, mesmerize means “to subject to mesmerism,” or to “spellbind” or “fascinate.” And mesmerism means–oh, wait, I like this even better–“hypnotic induction held to involve animal magnetism.” To see the review, go to: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-307-40884-6 Alternately, skip this page entirely, shut off your . . .
I’m often asked whether I write using a computer or some more traditional implement. In fact, I use both. The best thing about my computer is that it lets me write quickly. I can trowel words onto a page with abandon, and remove them just as blithely; I can start the same paragraph over and . . .
I’ve been asked several times now in questions sent to me here whether I’d ever think about doing a novel. Yes. In fact, I have four unpublished novels to my credit—five if you include the one I wrote when I was 13 years old, a lovely little mystery of 75 typed, double-spaced pages about a . . .
