I like snappy dialogue and short descriptions and lots of action.

I am not like Stephen King, who writes one book, then writes another. I finish a book and go off and... look for wrecks. Then, six months later, I might start another book.

Let's bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue

My forte is the plotting. You sit down, and you work out a plot.

The truth is ships and aircraft have been vanishing with tragic regularity in every part of the world since they were invented.

Some people are drawn to a van Gogh or a Rembrandt. Some are attracted to exotic guns. Coins. Stamps. I am attracted to cars.