I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read.

I outline fairly extensively because I'm usually dealing with real events. I don't need to give myself as much information as I used to, but I still like to have two pages of outline for every projected 100 pages of manuscript.

So you must ride / On horseback after we.

When you're a mid-list writer, it pays to write fast.

Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness.

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.