Catherine Ryan Howard
Write the book you want to read and get it finished. Do that first, and only that. Worry about everything else later. I spent/wasted a decade of my life reading 'How To Get An Agent, A 6-Figure Book Deal and a Mansion with an Attic Writing Space' style books and daydreaming about what I'd wear to my book launch. But I never actually did much writing. Whenever I did, I worked on projects I thought would get me published. Finally, I got a clue and started work on DISTRESS SIGNALS - which is what I should've been doing all along, because there's nothing I love more in the world than curling up with a killer thriller. Ten weeks after I finished the first draft, I had an agent. Five days after she sent it out on submission, I had a 2-book deal. So don't worry about anything except writing the book you want to read - and finish it, quick!
More Answered Questions
A Goodreads user
asked
Catherine Ryan Howard:
I was curious about the line in "The Nothing Man" that states Cork residents in 1990 were ready and willing to talk to police and respected the uniform. However, in Northern Ireland during the Troubles that went through the 1980s, people never talked to police. Were the attitudes toward police that much different?
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more