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Be wary of cutting and pasting research nuggets directly into your manuscript.

~Gayle Lynds

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I've always looked upon research as an opportunity to satisfy my curiosity. But the other side of the coin is one must not be so caught up in it that one never gets the book written.

~Gayle Lynds

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In 1996, when my first novel, 'Masquerade,' was published, I knew international thrillers - or spy novels, if you prefer - had been the domain of male authors for decades.

~Gayle Lynds

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Our only solace as writers is in the work itself, and perhaps also in a penchant for blissful ignorance that allows us to gamble, to risk, to keep going where others would tote up the odds and stop.

~Gayle Lynds

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Sometimes you get what you want not because it's right or fair or even smart, but because you just don't know any better.

~Gayle Lynds

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If you're not in the hands of an expert editor, you really can go wrong in a lot of different ways.

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If you are writing a thriller with violence in it, the ending must be violent. You are delivering a promise to your reader.

~Gayle Lynds

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Do you love this story? If you love it, then you've got to write it.

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I've seen unpublished manuscripts where the writer doesn't know they are making fun of the villain - but they are. If you aren't afraid of your villain, how can your hero be afraid?

~Gayle Lynds

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Look realistically at espionage thrillers again. They're not only alive, readers are excited about them.

~Gayle Lynds

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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