Charles McCarry
Charles McCarry
Charles McCarryis an American writer, primarily of spy fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
bad full next
Usually after finishing a novel, I have a head full of bad ideas for the next one.
dried entire finished pool secret
I was swimming in my swimming pool when 'The Secret Lovers' popped entire into my head. I got out, dried off, went upstairs, and finished the book in about 50 days.
again appeared characters coming expected nowhere paul persistent whom
Writing for me is not a premeditated act. It just happens - characters keep coming out of nowhere and doing things I never expected them to do. The most persistent and most productive of these has been Paul Christopher, whom I didn't expect to see again after he appeared in 'The Miernik Dossier.'
achieve among factor far life taught though time trying
Writing has taught me a lot - though far from everything - about writing, so as time has passed, it has become more pleasurable if not easier. I've done other things in life, but writing is by a factor of 10 the most difficult among them. And, of course, you never achieve what you set out to achieve, so you must keep on trying to do better.